Constitution Quote by Benjamin Wittes

There is no doubt in my mind that Article II limits to a considerable degree the application of the obstruction statutes to the president…

— Benjamin Wittes

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

“Article II creates an office, President of the United States, that remains a kind of inkblot onto which generations of Americans have projected their…

— Garrett Epps

Obstruction, basically, is whether you corruptly influence, obstruct or impede the administration of justice. You tell a chief law enforcement officer get, you know,…

— Keith Ellison

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

— Scott Pruitt

When the President acts, he must do so pursuant to constitutionally enumerated Article II powers or statutory power allocated to him by Congress.

— Kayleigh McEnany

Thanks to presidential immunity and executive control of the Justice Department, there are no consequences to executive branch lawbreaking. And when it comes to…

— Ben Shapiro

Under Article II, all executive power is vested in one president of the United States. The regulatory state is Congress's efforts to undermine the…

— Ted Cruz

“The president and his subordinates at the Department of Justice have used the executive’s awesome law enforcement power, including its access to vast sums…

— Andrew McCarthy

I don't think the special counsel can avoid that question based upon the president's Donald Trump own statements. But I'm not charging obstruction of…

— Angus King

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning…

— Richard M. Nixon

No one wants a president to be guilty of obstruction of justice. The only thing worse than that is a guilty president who goes…

— Neal Katyal