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Originally Posted by MLeake
but that some of the Federal laws that guide agencies such as USSS, DEA, and BATFE might not have passed a close Constitutional review by SCOTUS, if people had really gone after them via the courts.
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Leake, I think the USSS is bound by all the laws that any Federal LE Agency is bound by. They do get special authority because of the nature of their protective mission (like traffic control, moving people out of hotel rooms, counterintelligence etc) that other LE agencies do not have but they are still bound by all Federal law and SCOTUS precedent. However, they have been given a lot of power to protect the safety of the President that other agencies do not have. I beleive there are laws that authorize them to do so and I used to know them once a long time ago but don't want to look them all up again. Too lazy
