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Bush Declares Congress Irrelevant
Another day, another tinpot dictator declaring himself above the law:
When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers.Read this old-but-excellent Dahlia Lithwick piece on the uses and abuses (mostly abuses) of presidential signing statements. In Bush's worldview, "it is for the president—not Congress or the courts—to determine when the provisions of this bill interfere with his war-making powers, and when they do, he will freely ignore the law." And these signing statements can have a real impact.
Posted by Bradford Plumer on 03/24/06 at 1:27 PM | E-mail | Print | Digg this | de.licio.us
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Pass the tinfoil please.
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King George continues to do what he wants. How dare a "president" (if we dare call Bush that) make his own laws and not notify Congress? And then say he will not follow Congress' laws by using a "signing statement".
There must be something a Congress can do (not this one). Democrats need a spine and to follow the advance of Russ Feingold.
This country is in real trouble with this incompetent in charge. Those camps they are building are not for terrorists, they are for us, THE DISSENTERS.
Posted by: lickspittle on 03/26/06 at 6:29 PM