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President Trump’s Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring presidential records to be turned over to the government is unconstitutional, a senior White House official tells Axios. Why it matters: The finding is an indication Trump will be reluctant to give all of his official records to the National Archives at the end of his term, as presidents have done for nearly a half-century under the Presidential Records Act of 1978.
Any reasonable reading of “Official” would mean those indicated in the Constitution. What are the Presidential duties outlined in the Constitution but Official? If those aren’t the Official duties, what are they?
They clearly aren’t just suggestions. Article 1/ Sections 2 & 3 is full of “Shalls,” leaving little doubt that this is the job. If there are no other indications for anything else to make a claim to be Official acts, then it would be reasonable to default to following the Constitutional duties, which were conceived to be the OFFICIAL duties of the POTUS.
Yeah, but WTF does that have to do with the current SCOTUS?