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BUSH BILL-SIGNING STATEMENTS
By Paul G. Jaehnert
June 27, 2007
Wednesday
President Bush has attached over 800 bill-signing statements
on bills he has signed during his term of office. These bill-signing
statements are the most sweeping usurpation of congressional
and judicial authority ever conceived by a president in this
country. In effect, it puts everyone on notice that even though
the President has signed a bill into law, he reserves the right
to interpret and/or ignore the law if (in his sole judgment)
he believes he has presidential authority to do so. No such over-reaching
power should be held by anyone.
Congress should act immediately
to stop this practice. I am not prepared to cede this kind of
power to any President -- especially this President!
Paul G. Jaehnert
Vadnais Hts., MN
Received June 27, 2007 - Published
June 27, 2007
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