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: Dispatches from the Culture Wars

Obama on Signing Statements: A Small Step Sideways

By Ed Brayton

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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.
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Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).

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