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Originally Posted by Sexxxy Sites
By issuing signing statements President Bush is not doing anything that most if not all previous Presidents have done and that is to protect the office of the Presidency.
The Presidency is not bound by congressional law if said law infringes upon the powers granted to the Presidency via the constitution unless or until the Supreme Court decides that said law is within the powers of Congress and makes a legal decision that the President is required to abide by said law.
It is rather simple. If Congress concludes that a President must abide by a law enacted by Congress it can always sue before the Supreme Court for a legal decision by the Supreme Court.
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The problem with that statement (and Ive noticed every Republican commentator using that line of reasoning in the last few days) is that there is a huge difference between the number of signing statements Bush has produced (over 600) that in some cases do put aside Supreme Court rulings and Congress - including the ability to use that suing power you speak of, and what all previous presidents have done. Until the 1980s (Reagan) there was no use of signing statements at all - the veto was used per the constitution, as it gave Congress a recourse of action. The signing statement circumvents that recourse action by congress.
Bush has not vetoed a single bill out of congress - although he has made quite a few not even worth the paper they were written on by using this system.
You cant have it both ways - either support Bush and his underhanded ways of doing things unpatriotically and outside the confines of the constitution - or you can use your civic power to vote the Republicans out of power this year - since a few states have already started the impeachment articles, congress will have to take action before Bush leaves the presidency.