The  President  is  enjoined  by  the  constitu-
tion to  take  care  that  the  laws  be  faithfully
executed.  Under  this  injunction  the  power  of
dismission  is  claimed  for  him ;  and  it  is  con-
tended that  if  those  charged  with  the  execu-
tion of  the  laws  attempt  to  execute  them  in  a
sense  different  from  tnat  entertained  by  the
President,  he  may  prevent  it,  or  withhold  his
co-operation.  It  would  follow  that,  if  the
Judiciary  give  to  the  law  an  interpretation
variant  from  that  of  the  President,  he  would
not  be  bound  to  afford  means  which  might
become  necessary  to  execute  their  decision.  If
these  pretensions  are  well  founded,  it^is  mani-
fest that  the  President,  by  means  of  the  veto,
in  arresting  the  passage  of  laws  which  he  dis-
approves, and  the  power  of  exx>ounding  those
which  are  passed  according  to  his  own  sense
of  them,  will  become  possessed  of  all  the  prac-
tical authority  of  the  whole  Government.  If
the  Judiciary  decide  a  law  contrary  to  the
President's  opinion  of  its  meaning,  he  may
command  the  marshal  not  to  execute  the  decis-
ion, and  urge  his  constitutional  obligations  to
take  care  that  the  laws  be  faithfully  executed.
