Hello Mark,   
      
    LL>> Apparently you have a reading comprehension problem.   
      
    ML>> as do you at times... reread my quote and take note of the   
    ML>> phrase "against the constitution" ;)   
      
    LL>> You can find the duties of the President under Article II of the   
    LL>> U.S. Constitution.   
      
   ML>we're not talking about the duties of the president... we're   
   ML>talking about your comment about growing pot being against the   
   ML>constitution...   
      
   The President of the United States is head of the executive branch.   
   As such, the President of the United States enforces the law, and is   
   limited by the U.S. Constitution in that regard.  It is the Congress   
   that writes the law, being part of the legislative branch.  It is   
   the Supreme Court that interprets the law, being part of the judicial   
   branch.   
      
   All of that is Civics 101.  I suggest you take a refresher course.   
      
   ML>well, we were... EOT   
      
   The office of the President is by its very nature very weak,   
   except in the area of foreign affairs.  What you have to keep   
   in mind is that the President's hands are tied when it comes   
   to what he can and cannot do in reference to pot farms.  It   
   is the Congress that writes the laws, the President having   
   no Constitutional authority to do so.  As such, the President   
   can only enforce such laws that exist.  Or choose to ignore   
   them, at his own peril.   
      
   Matt M. does not like the idea of the President ordering the   
   feds to shut down pot farms.  Rather than ranting and raving   
   against the President, such outrage would be better directed   
   against the Congress.  IOW, encourage the Congress to change   
   existing legislation to that of your own liking.  Once that   
   is done, the President's hands are tied.  Tied with bonds   
   stronger than the strongest steel.  Doing things that way,   
   Matt can have his own pot and eat his brownies too.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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