They shoukld eliminate signing statements altogether. The cookie-cutter definitions of the three branches may oversimplify, or they may just simplify as much as is possible, and no more....
Leave it to congress to draft the laws, and the courts to interpret them. That's why we have a congress to represent the people, courts to provide experts where needed, and a president to...
Oh yes, to further the political interests of a small cadre of oligarchists. Or was it plutocrats? (I know, I know, it's to do the day to day actual administering of the country) Either way, the cartoon version doesn't include the ability for the president to make revisions to laws last minute and then signing them. I have no objection to the administration proposing new legislation, but packing the houses with party yesmen who won't object to having their authority wrested from them with such a subversive tactic as signing statements is disturbing and disgusting.
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Date: 2006-07-26 09:02 pm (UTC)Leave it to congress to draft the laws, and the courts to interpret them. That's why we have a congress to represent the people, courts to provide experts where needed, and a president to...
Oh yes, to further the political interests of a small cadre of oligarchists. Or was it plutocrats? (I know, I know, it's to do the day to day actual administering of the country) Either way, the cartoon version doesn't include the ability for the president to make revisions to laws last minute and then signing them. I have no objection to the administration proposing new legislation, but packing the houses with party yesmen who won't object to having their authority wrested from them with such a subversive tactic as signing statements is disturbing and disgusting.