Branch Quote by Ben Shapiro

If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers.

— Scott Pruitt

How exactly the obstruction-of-justice statutes interact with the president's broad powers to supervise the executive branch under Article II of the Constitution is a…

— Benjamin Wittes

A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.

— Al Gore

If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches..

— Mike DeWine

A President can obstruct justice and Congress has the full right to hold a President accountable for such law-breaking through impeachment. After a President…

— Joe Sestak

The president may have the raw constitutional power to, say, squelch an investigation or to pardon a close associate. But if he does so…

— George T. Conway III

The president can violate the law, and when he does, he is supposed to be held accountable. That is supposed to be one of…

— Cenk Uygur

I think you have to be concerned about any presidential executive order because it has the power of law until it's knocked down by…

— Richard Shelby

Without any direction from Congress, our judicial branch has unilaterally created and defined qualified immunity.

— Mike Braun

If President Trump will not remove White House officials who are clearly violating the law, he's not doing his job and this would be…

— Richard Painter

I don't doubt that there are many presidential acts that would constitute obstructions of justice if anyone but the president engaged in them but…

— Benjamin Wittes

What you do as president has consequences.

— Steve Forbes