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Lambo: I know this will be unpopular, but I'm questioning her reading of the ruling. Ordering Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival is not an official act of the President because the purpose is not within Presidential powers.

Sotomayor wrote "official powers," not "official acts". But sure, you go ahead and disagree with her by explaining where the high court defined the difference between the two.

Thanks to the Roberts court we have arrived at the Nixonian definition of legality: "If the President does it, it's not illegal."

And if it is, good luck prosecuting it 'cause it ain't ever gonna' happen.

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