Showdown on signing statements
By Libby
This is long overdue. Pelosi promises legal action if Bush attempts to circumvent the will of the people by signing a military funding bill that includes provisions he doesn't like by secretly adding one of his devious signing statements after everybody leaves the room.
It's not clear to me how it would work legally. I'm not at all certain that a court would grant standing on such an action but then again I'm not a legal expert. Perhaps it would survive a legal challenge but even if it doesn't, with over 750 of these odious statements already on the record, any challenge to Bush's ongoing declarations of being above of the law will be a welcome change to rubberstamping our Commander Guy's delusions of dictatorial power.
This is long overdue. Pelosi promises legal action if Bush attempts to circumvent the will of the people by signing a military funding bill that includes provisions he doesn't like by secretly adding one of his devious signing statements after everybody leaves the room.
It's not clear to me how it would work legally. I'm not at all certain that a court would grant standing on such an action but then again I'm not a legal expert. Perhaps it would survive a legal challenge but even if it doesn't, with over 750 of these odious statements already on the record, any challenge to Bush's ongoing declarations of being above of the law will be a welcome change to rubberstamping our Commander Guy's delusions of dictatorial power.
Labels: Bush, Congress, Democrats, rule of law, unitary executive theory
posted by Libby Spencer at 12:32 PM
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