To a degree but don’t forget that the President who wields a fair amount of power IS a priest.
Father of the Holy Cross to be precise, and like so many other orders, they are not what they once were. That being said, a lay board, in this case, could change his mind and they choose not to.
Have to run to ordination Mass. Later.
Desdemona makes fair points, but so do you: The President has the bully pulpit. V’s wife.