We should say here that the President's constitutionally assigned duties include complete control over investigation and prosecution of violation of law, and that the inexorable command of Article II is clear and definite. The executive power must be vested in the President of the United States.
Scalia emphasizes the President's control over law enforcement under the Constitution.
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