ABA Faults Bush for Ignoring Parts of Bills “The American Bar Association said Sunday that President Bush was flouting the Constitution and undermining the rule of law by claiming the power to disregard selected provisions of bills that he signed. In a comprehensive report, a bipartisan 11-member panel of the bar association said Mr. Bush had used such âsigning statementsâ far more than his predecessors, raising constitutional objections to more than 800 provisions in more than 100 laws on the ground that they infringed on his prerogatives [Apparently, this is a higher tally than all previous presidents combined.]. These broad assertions of presidential power amount to a âline-item vetoâ and improperly deprive Congress of the opportunity to override the veto, the panel said.” (NYT)
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