Leper
08-09-2006, 12:57 PM
Are people not concerned that the POTUS is completely undermining the legislative branch of our country by attaching "signing statements" to laws which basically say "I, the President, am going to sign this bill into law but reserve the right to not enforce it"?
Do people see the implications of this being the way law is made in this country? When vetos are only used for political attention, not as the legislative carving tool our Constitution intended it to be?
Here's an article about the American Bar Association condemning the practice:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usattackspolitics;_ylt=Ah7XDvaFawOXE7vB1NmQVu2tOrg F;_ylu=X3oDMTBidHQxYjh2BHNlYwN5bnN0b3J5
Do people see the implications of this being the way law is made in this country? When vetos are only used for political attention, not as the legislative carving tool our Constitution intended it to be?
Here's an article about the American Bar Association condemning the practice:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usattackspolitics;_ylt=Ah7XDvaFawOXE7vB1NmQVu2tOrg F;_ylu=X3oDMTBidHQxYjh2BHNlYwN5bnN0b3J5