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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (24889)7/27/2006 1:22:07 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 541674
 
But if the president himself finds a law unconstitutional, no court has ever determined whether he may decline to enforce it. Long subject to debate among legal scholars, the question generated renewed attention following reports that President Bush has challenged the validity of hundreds of legislative provisions, even as he penned them into law.

That's what gets me about this specific situation. I can understand and perhaps even support the argument that the president has an obligation to support and defend the constitution, which goes above and beyond his obligation to follow an unconstitutional law. However if he really thinks the law was unconstitutional than he arguably violated his oath when he signed the law. Veto it, fight it in courts, maybe even refuse to enforce it, but if your going to do any of that don't sign it.
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