 | Keith E. Whittington - 2007 - 332 pages
...Jackson argued that the president must be guided by his "own opinion of the Constitution" and defend it "as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others."12' The Supreme Court "ought not to control the coordinate authorities of this Government."... | |
 | Mark Tushnet - 2008 - 260 pages
...Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate, and of the President to decide... | |
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The Congress, the executive, and the court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood... 
