Thursday, January 31, 2008

Imperial Presidency 101 -- Signing Statements

Bush is using signing statements to ignore parts of the new defense funding bill he doesn't like. I could rant and rave, but check out the facts here and decide if you like W's latest utilization of this power. Oh, and here's a good legal article about this administration's use of signing statements as a chaser.

I could so go off...

But instead I'm taking out the garbage.

Enjoy the discipline of not turning into The Hulk every time you receive news from The White House,

Bp

2 comments:

Stu Farnham said...

Motherf***ers
F***burgers

The media are claiming, based on the State of the Union address, that we are entering a new phase of the Bush administration. I both disagree, in that it is not the passive, unambitious phase they assert, and agree. The new phase is the attempt to cast their point of view in immutable policy and limit the freedom of action of the next administration.

Bpaul said...

"The new phase is the attempt to cast their point of view in immutable policy and limit the freedom of action of the next administration."

yep

And the selection of candidates who absolutely would revoke and refuse to comply is gone.