Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.

What do we do with a president who can basically change what Congress passed by attaching a letter saying I don't agree with this part or that part?

Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not.

Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.

You know, in the oath that brand-new citizens take, it contains six different references to 'the law.' If it's good enough for us to ask brand-new citizens to affirm their devotion to the law, is it too much to ask that the president do the same?

I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons.

You may be less likely to pick on someone if you dont know whats in their briefcase or purse.