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01-08-06, 08:58 AM | #1 | |
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At 807 rejected Congessional provisions GWB beats all past Presidents combined by 200
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If they want they can try to impeach him, but what are the chances of that happening over signing statements? As far as I know it's still constitutional for the president to speak his mind.
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speaking is mind? he's ignoring laws he's sworn to enforce. bit different isn't it. if a citizen can't do this, in a democracy an elected official sure as hell shouldn't be able to. either that or we all legally get to pick and choose the ones we want to obey.
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if you think this is about free speech, then you don't grasp the issue....and ironically enough, if the President's signing statements precipitate illegal actions, you'll never know about it because in many cases, the signing statement is an assertion by the Executive branch that they can disregard the reporting requirements contained within. Quote:
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The difference, of course, is that the next president is not obligated to uphold Bush's signing statements. I agree that he should be vetoing bills rather than stating his intention not to enforce them, but a) there's still the opportuniny for the Supreme Court to do a judicial review and b) because he doens't veto these bills, they will outlast his term. No president can override the system of checks and balances, knife. If a loophole that allowed presidents to rule over the other two branches of government actually existed it would have been exploited ages ago.
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02-08-06, 01:10 AM | #9 | |
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The Onion (probably a collection of lefties) also just issued a report on this subject: Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self |
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02-08-06, 12:40 PM | #10 |
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02-08-06, 08:25 PM | #11 |
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As bored as I am I still find certain threads too lame to bother with.
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02-08-06, 10:41 PM | #12 |
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come on you could at least try and take it off topic..
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03-08-06, 02:59 AM | #13 | |
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Example: "As boring as I am I still find certain threads too lame to bother with." Now that sounds more realistic.
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[quote=theknife]the American Bar Association, hardly a collection of lefties...
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