“I was getting to a point where I was going to have to tell my management — you know, be insubordinate — because I couldn’t rush through that fast.”

But just because these White House kids have the right to be anonymous doesn’t mean they are entitled to be insubordinate.

That law was not only unconstitutional — violating the separation of powers between the three branches of government — but self-evidently impractical, since no president can effectively govern if employees are allowed to be insubordinate.

He also cautioned Franklin “to not be insubordinate” and that the athletic department “will not tolerate opposite messaging.”

Ultimately, of course, the president enjoys a great deal of power, and no staff person can be insubordinate.