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sovereign at the least.
if the person of the president (and vp apparently) is the source of the law, then they cannot be bound by it--they aren't included in the legal system that originates with them. more elements drawn for the legal-theoretical justification for dictatorship outlined by carl schmitt. read political theology sometime and you'll see the logic behind this sort of otherwise bizarre declarations.
monarch is also good: like louis xiv said, "i am the state."
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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