No shame
Does anyone else see the irony of the right wingers attacking the Supreme Court for "limiting" Bush's powers, considering the fact that he wouldn't even have the powers, that he wouldn't even be president, if it weren't for the Supreme Court?
posted by mikevotes at
2:58 PM
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The golden rule: When you are bought, you should stay bought. The court has let the system down.
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Cartledge, at 3:47 PM
And an additional modicum of irony for the fact that most of those powers were obtained at the expense of the other two branches, not powers granted by the Consitution.
Next up...the statement at signing. I hope, I hope, I hope.
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Anonymous, at 4:30 PM
Kvatch,
Signing statements have a long history and sometimes they can be proper. If, for instance, a flag burning amendment was added to an appropriations bill, the executive could issue a signing statement saying they were not going to enforce the that part of the law because it conflicted with previous court decisions.
Now, that proper application is a far cry from what we're seeing now. And, signing statements are just that, statements of intent and legal theory. They have no official legal weight, and are basically explanations of why the executive is going to break the law. To be overturned they have to be challenged, usuallyu by congress.
But, there is no direct penalty for the president disobeying congress unless or until there is a court ruling settling the "dispute."
That wasn't too clear, was it?
Cartledge, unlike politicians, they're more bought by patronage than money.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 5:15 PM
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