Legal training is valuable in many situations. That is why Presidents select attorneys to advise them on legal matters and implications. Attorneys should be free to give their honest advice and proceed to do so. Then the client, in this case the President, must weigh that legal advice along with other appropriate advice and make a decision. My preference is a President with strong experience, a history of considering diverse views, good judgment and proven integrity. Presidential...
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Here are some initial thoughts, certainly in no way legal advice, based only on the facts presented. Regulators are often authorized to issue separate tickets for the same legal violation allegedly committed on separate days, creating an additional violation for each day the law is violated. While there are many such circumstances with environmental laws, the answer to this question would depend on the specific law which the officer alleged was violated. There is no information on the...