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Government,
Constitutional Law

Nov. 26, 2019

Too difficult for our elected officials to work together?

It was reported some years ago that, when they entered office, the Secret Service took away then-President Barack Obama’s Blackberry, and barred then-Vice President Joe Biden from driving his Corvette anywhere other than on the driveway of the vice president’s residence. Where would we be today if such “obedience to the unenforceable” still prevailed in our nation’s Capital?

Kris Whitten

Retired California deputy attorney general

It was reported some years ago that, when they entered office, the Secret Service took away then-President Barack Obama's Blackberry, and barred then-Vice President Joe Biden from driving his Corvette anywhere other than on the driveway of the vice president's residence. Where would we be today if such "obedience to the unenforceable" still prevailed in our nation's Capital?

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