Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constitution tasks the President of the United States with taking care “that the laws be faithfully executed.” In the oath the President takes for the office, he swears to “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States” and to the best of his ability “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
The 1828, the Webster’s Dictionary definition for “faithful” included “a firm adherence to the truth, and for that faithfulness to be in place until death.” The term is also defined as “being firmly adherent to duty, loyal, true to allegiance, and for these actions to be performed as a faithful subject. Faithful is one that is constant in the performance of duties or services, exact in attending to commands, and true to one's word.”
Article II of the Constitution is the section that establishes the Executive Branch. The Founding Fathers knew that George Washington would likely be the first President of the United States, and the article was written with Washington in mind. His sacred honor and natural leadership was a standard the founders hoped that all future Presidents would be wise enough to follow.
The President of the United States is constitutionally obligated to faithfully execute the laws of the United States, rather than pick and choose the laws he believes only supports his own agenda. As per the concept of a Separation of Powers, the Congress makes, modifies and repeals law, the President is to execute the law, and the courts are to apply the law to the cases they hear.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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