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In a message dated 6/14/2004 8:45:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm asking whether such conduct would be appropriate for a President who took his constitutional obligations seriously. How would Marty's examples
differ from the President asking the Pope to ask religious leaders around the
world to denounce terrorism? Or suppose the President opposed a war in
Iraq conducted by Nato without assistance from the United States. Would it
be 'appropriate' for the President to ask the Pope to urge Nato leaders or
bishops in Europe and the United States to speak out against the war?
It is difficult (at least
for me) to find even soft (non-justiciable) reasons against such presidential
conduct. This does not mean that I would hesitate to vote against a
president who asked the Pope to instruct American bishops to denounce
action I approve of.
Bobby
Robert Justin Lipkin Widener University School of Law Delaware |
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