Lawyers accuse Bush of violating the Consitution

[giza]

From WiredNews:

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says in a report highly critical of the practice.

The ABA group, which includes a one-time FBI director and former federal appeals court judge, said the president has overstepped his authority in attaching challenges to hundreds of new laws.

The attachments, known as bill-signing statements, say Bush reserves a right to revise, interpret or disregard measures on national security and constitutional grounds.

The article goes on for a few paragraphs, then drops this bomb:

The task force said the statements suggest the president will decline to enforce some laws. Bush has had more than 800 signing statement challenges, compared with about 600 signing statements combined for all other presidents, the group said.

So, yeah... Bush has done this particular trick more than *all other presidents put together*. I think that's a pretty clear sign that something is seriously out of whack in the White House. I'll leave it to those who know the subject matter better than I to figure out what that something is.

Comments

[wildw0lf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not sure why he thinks he has the right. He's just playing God with our Constitution.

[giza.livejournal.com]

Probably for the same reason he thinks it's okay to play God over in Iraq.