Update: More on Obama and Signing Statements
April 17th, 2011
By Dan Miller Shortly after submission of my previous post, several more relevant articles appeared. Here Candidate Obama’s interpretation of his 2008 message on signing statements was explained. As I understand it, it means that President Obama will issue signing statements only concerning legislation he doesn’t like, not legislation Former President Bush doesn’t like. “While […]
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Constitutional Scholar Obama on Signing Statements
April 17th, 2011
By Dan Miller The silly old Constitution no longer means what it seemed to during the reign of King George The Brute. In 2008 (my how time flies), Candidate Obama rejected presidential signing statements, i.e., signing into law a bill passed by the Congress but saying he won’t abide by the parts he doesn’t like. […]
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