By nature's law, man is at peace with man till some aggression is committed, which, by the same law, authorizes one to destroy another as his enemy.
Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so.
This is a matter of Congress authorizes spending. They order me to spend.
When plunder becomes a way of life, men create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do with criminal activities.