July 25, 2006
ABA Slaps Bush On Signing Statements
Mission Control wrote this in the wee hours:
By Robert Pear
The (ABA, or American Bar Association) panel said the use of signing statements in this way was “contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional system of separation of powers.” From the dawn of the Republic, it said, presidents have generally understood that, in the words of George Washington, a president “must approve all the parts of a bill, or reject it in toto.”
If the president deems a bill unconstitutional, he can veto it, the panel said, but “signing statements should not be a substitute for a presidential veto.”
Read More at The New York Times
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July 27th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Thank you!
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July 27th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
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