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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsObama on Signing Statements: A Small Step Sideways
By Ed Brayton
For the past 8 years I have been a staunch critic of President Bush's practice of using signing statements to announce his intention to ignore provisions of legislation that he considered unconstitutional. Now Obama has announced a change in how he does signing statements that doesn't seem like much of a change to me.
Calling into question the legitimacy of all the signing statements that former President George W. Bush used to challenge new laws, President Obama ordered executive officials on Monday to consult with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. before relying on any of them to bypass a statute.Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).
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