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The article expressly said that one of the C&B elements possessed by the executive branch of government is the power to decide which laws passed by the legislature will be enforced.
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Right. So the president, the head of the executive branch - essentially the executive branch itself - can say, oh, well, we won't be enforcing drug laws anymore. Check your sources.
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Bush has issued an unprecedented amount of signing statements when Congress passes laws indicating that he believes the laws are unconstitutional and he has no intention of enforcing them. So, yeah, he can, until the Justice department or whoever does something about it.
Also, something I recall from my high school's career day was listening to a student's dad, a successful lawyer, talk about his early career. He started out as a prosecutor but said he got disillusioned from the job because of dishonest cops, and moved to the private sector.