president george bush recently signed a law that would ban torture and other inhuman ways of obtaining information from prisoners, but signed it with a write-on saying he can choose to ignore it.
am i the only one outraged by this?
2006-07-07 10:02:32 · 14 answers · asked by dunivan 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Check your source. He DID NOT put that on it. And the president has NO right to break the law. And he hasn't "yet".
2006-07-07 10:06:18 · answer #1 · answered by mikis1967 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many Americans are outraged over this.
It is definitely not right for the resident (oops, I mean the president) to ignore the law of the land. If Richard Nixon was not above the law, neither is Bush!
2006-07-07 10:10:56 · answer #2 · answered by Beachcomber 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Geneva convention, which we signed, already bans these things. I am not surprised that GWB thought it was necessary to be redundant and make another law covering this. Nor am I surprised that he would choose to ignore it. He has already ignored numerous laws that cover checks and balances in this country. Outrageous, absolutely, will his sheeplike supporters think so NO
2006-07-07 10:11:01 · answer #3 · answered by olderandwiser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should do much more research into your statements nad accusations. Then compare what the U.S. has been accused of as far as torture,to what our present foes are doing.Then,maybe,you could develope a Patriotic backbone and support the President and our Military. And our great country.
2006-07-07 10:15:14 · answer #4 · answered by thetdw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He doesn't actually reserve that right, as far as I know. The write-on, or signing statement as it's commonly known, doesn't carry the force of law. It would be unconstitutional if it did, because only Congress can make law.
2006-07-07 10:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by Chris S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but if all you do about it is write angry questions on Yahoo!Answers, don't come crying to me. Join Operation Democracy and let's get control of Congress away from the Republican empire-builders.
2006-07-07 10:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ted Kennedy ignores the laws and the legal system when he killed that young girl years back.
2006-07-07 10:29:49 · answer #7 · answered by angelsmommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we should do what ever it takes to get info from those rag head bastards in gito mo and in other prison camps they should be lucky that we treat the as good as we do I say we dont torture them enough rember 9/11 dont ever for get and they still want to killl americans so the answer to your dumd *** question is yes he dose . we need to think of us first and them last so suht you liberal mouth and go kiss miclel moores *** you liberal bastard
2006-07-07 10:11:26 · answer #8 · answered by billfos780 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything that man does outrages me from the second he cheated his way into office the first time how many days till his sorry *** is gone anyway
2006-07-07 10:06:37 · answer #9 · answered by melly1023 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the second answerer. dunivan, you really need to GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
2006-07-07 10:07:50 · answer #10 · answered by Confusion With a K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋