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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, June 04, 2006

ABA to review Constitutionalality of Bush signing statements.

Charlie Savage who has been doing all the major stories on Bush's signing statements, has another.
WASHINGTON -- The board of governors of the American Bar Association voted unanimously yesterday to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that have been enacted since he took office.

You know this is going to be spun as trial lawyers, etc. etc., but this is a pretty big deal from a major organization.

2 Comments:

  • I'm glad to see this for whatever good it will do. It's not like the ABA has a lot of power to change anything but they could serve to draw some badly needed attention to the issue.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:05 PM  

  • I'd be happier if it was a test case in front of the Supreme Court, but...it's a start.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:04 PM  

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