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BDwinsAlt
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 Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:57 pm Post maybe stupid Post subject: Bush gettin sued? |
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Sen. Specter preparing bill to sue Bush (MSNBC)
| Quote: | WASHINGTON - A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush’s signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court.
“We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president’s acts declared unconstitutional,†Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said on the Senate floor.
Specter’s announcement came the same day that an American Bar Association task force concluded that by attaching conditions to legislation, the president has sidestepped his constitutional duty to either sign a bill, veto it, or take no action.
Practice 'harming the separation of powers'
Bush has issued at least 750 signing statements during his presidency, reserving the right to revise, interpret or disregard laws on national security and constitutional grounds.
“That non-veto hamstrings Congress because Congress cannot respond to a signing statement,†said ABA president Michael Greco. The practice, he added “is harming the separation of powers.â€
Bush has challenged about 750 statutes passed by Congress, according to numbers compiled by Specter’s committee. The ABA estimated Bush has issued signing statements on more than 800 statutes, more than all other presidents combined.
Signing statements have been used by presidents, typically for such purposes as instructing agencies how to execute new laws.
But many of Bush’s signing statements serve notice that he believes parts of bills he is signing are unconstitutional or might violate national security.
White House defends practice
Still, the White House said signing statements are not intended to allow the administration to ignore the law.
“A great many of those signing statements may have little statements about questions about constitutionality,†said White House spokesman Tony Snow. “It never says, ’We’re not going to enact the law.â€â€™
Specter’s announcement intensifies his challenge of the administration’s use of executive power on a number of policy matters. Of particular interest to him are two signing statements challenging the provisions of the USA Patriot Act renewal, which he wrote, and legislation banning the use of torture on detainees.
Bush is not without congressional allies on the matter. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a former judge, has said that signing statements are nothing more than expressions of presidential opinion that carry no legal weight because federal courts are unlikely to consider them when deciding cases that challenge the same laws. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:56 pm Post maybe stupid Post subject: |
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Because you are a dumbass and just pasted a URL, I instead edited your post to be an example of how you should post articles. First line, have it be a link to the article, with the hypertext being the article's title. At some point, mention the source's agency, this being MSNBC. Then follow with the article inside a block, be it a quote or code block. Highlight parts in the article you feel that is important, to both sides of the issue. Then, after the quote block, put in a sentence or two of your opinion, some joke made at expense of someone in the article, or nothing.
Or, you know, you could just copy/paste the url into the body of a new post, and do absolutely nothing else other than mash in a quick title and hit submit as fast as you can. That is always a great option that everyone loves. |
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BDwinsAlt
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:24 pm Post maybe stupid Post subject: |
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| I didn't even read the article. So yea... |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:00 am Post maybe stupid Post subject: |
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| So why did you post it?! |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:36 am Post maybe stupid Post subject: |
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Because...he's an idiot?
I say it's pain time. *takes BD to a backalley* |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:17 pm Post maybe stupid Post subject: |
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| K' wrote: | Because...he's an idiot?
I say it's pain time. *takes BD to a backalley* |
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