"Bush has issued at least 750 signing statements during his presidency, more than all other presidents combined, according to the American Bar Association. Typically, presidents have used signing statements for such purposes as instructing executive agencies how to carry out new laws. Bush's statements often reserve the right to revise, interpret or disregard laws on national security and constitutional grounds."
Are the use and quantity of these signing statements an abuse of power by President Bush. And if, through a loophole, this isn't an abuse of power under the law, should it be?
2007-01-04 11:08:04 · 9 answers · asked by Alex 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Technically, what Bush is doing with the signing statements is legal (generally speaking). Its possible some of them have crossed the line, but I'm not sure about that.
But is it abusive? Unquestioanably. As you pointed out, signing statements have a legitimate purpose--and Bush has clearly used them in ways that are not in the spirit for which they were intended.
I do think their use should be curtailed--or eliminated altogether. It's clear that they give the President power that he should not have under the Constitution--and we have no assurance that we won't find ourselves stuck with a future President with as little respect for teh Constitution and for America as Bush--though I'll admit we'd be hard put to find another one as bad.
2007-01-04 12:08:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-30 00:35:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is an abuse of power. Signing statements may not be used to disregard a law passed by Congress.
2007-01-04 11:13:46 · answer #3 · answered by David M 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It matters only if he knows what real 'authority' means! It seems he is remote controled like a mother controls the movements of her child as he does not seem to be matured enough to be the president but unfortunately he is and it is the voters' fault!
2007-01-04 15:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by Sami V 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course it is yet another abuse, yet another case of President Bush spitting on the constitution. If the Democrats had even the slightest shred of national duty, they'd be racing to initiate impeachment proceedings. This makes lying about consensual oral sex look pretty trivial.
2007-01-04 11:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by Mark P 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
YES!!!! Bush is definitely making bad laws and things like that. but i have no idea what we could do about it. i'm just gonna wait out his presidency and hope to god that everything will be alright...
2007-01-04 11:16:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he has a clue about what he's doing. The mail
thing kills me. I will gladly send him my unopened mail,
he can check out our bank statements & bills & wonder what
I wonder - how the hell am I making it?
2007-01-04 11:19:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
N O, President Bush is doing what every president has
done for the last 231 years!!!!!!!
2007-01-04 11:13:44 · answer #8 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
All of the answers to your question are here:
http://www.house.gov/paul/constitutiontext.htm
2007-01-04 11:21:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋