excalibur
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That’s just lame
Try harder.
There is a recent Supreme Court opinion discussing the scope of the Constitution's "Officers of the United States"-language. In Free Enter. Fund v. Pub. Co. Accounting Oversight Bd. (2010), Chief Justice Roberts observed that "[t]he people do not vote for the 'Officers of the United States.'" Rather, "officers of the United States" are appointed exclusively pursuant to Article II, Section 2 procedures. It follows that the President, who is an elected official, is not an "officer of the United States."
Is the President an “officer of the United States” for purposes of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Update: In December 2021, Seth and I published an article in the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, based on...
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