Recent controversies have called attention to the potential significance of negative executive authority — the authority to limit or undo what Congress has done through nonenforcement or waiver. This symposium essay reflects in several ways on constitutional and rule-of-law debates that have emerged regarding such authority. First, it defends the relevance of constitutional principles to baseline understandings of nonenforcement authority. Second, it identifies a deep tension in the rule of law’s implications for discretionary enforcement. Third, it defends statutorily conferred law-cancellation authority against constitutional challenges and rule-of-law objections. Finally, it proposes presumptive limits on authority to condition statutory waivers.

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为消极权威寻求基线：关于不执行和弃权的宪法和法治论点

最近的争议引起了人们对消极执行权的潜在重要性的关注，消极执行权是限制或撤销国会通过不执行或放弃所做的事情的权力。该专题讨论会论文以多种方式反映了有关此类权威的宪法和法治辩论。首先，它捍卫宪法原则与对非执法权的基本理解的相关性。其次，它确定了法治对酌处执行的影响的深层张力。第三，它捍卫法定授予的取消法律的权力，以免受宪法挑战和法治反对。最后，它提出了限制法定豁免权的推定限制。