What about them? On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:22 PM, denstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about the signing statements?: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statement_(United_States) > > [... > President Reagan issued 250 signing statements, 86 of which (34%) > contained provisions objecting to one or more of the statutory > provisions signed into law. President George H. W. Bush continued this > practice, issuing 228 signing statements, 107 of which (47%) raised > objections. President Clinton's conception of presidential power > proved to be largely consonant with that of the preceding two > administrations. In turn, President Clinton made aggressive use of the > signing statement, issuing 381 statements, 70 of which (18%) raised > constitutional or legal objections. President George W. Bush has > continued this practice, issuing 152 signing statements, 118 of which > (78%) contain some type of challenge or objection. > ....] > > 118 of 152? And those stats are from 07. > > [... > George W. Bush's use of signing statements is controversial, both for > the number of times employed (estimated at over 750 opinions) and for > the apparent attempt to nullify legal restrictions on his actions > through claims made in the statements for example, his signing > statement attached to the National Defense Authorization Act for > Fiscal Year 2008. Some opponents have said that he in effect uses > signing statements as a line-item veto; the Supreme Court had > previously ruled such vetoes as unconstitutional in the 1998 case, > Clinton v. City of New York.[11] > ....] > > Where's the beef? Dude, we're barking mad cows. > > Guess them republicans do agree with Clinton on some stuff... funny > how it's bad one way, but good another, neh? Relativity. The bad > kind(TM). > > -- > Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. > Theodor Adorno > >
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