The nature of constitutional delegations of power is that they entitle the empowered official to do certain things that other people can't do.

The idea that the president doesn't interfere in law-enforcement investigative matters is one of our deep normative expectations of the modern presidency. But it is not a matter of law. Legally, if the president of the United States wants to direct the specific conduct of investigations, that is his constitutional prerogative.

I normally try to ignore presidential tweets.

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