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To: tejek who wrote (303515)	9/18/2006 4:37:31 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1576346

Its the president's position to support and defend the constitution......exactly. It his not his role to reflect on every piece of legislation and determine if its constitutional or not. There is an important distinction between the two roles for good reason.........its part of the checks and balance system. You can't support and defend the constitution unless you have an idea of what it means. You have to interpret it. Tim, at last count, Bush has used the signing statement 750 times. Are you telling me that with all the legal expertise assisting Congress in writing legislation that they have managed to come up with 750 bills in 5+ years that are unconstitutional? Clinton used it in the same way 140 times. Yes Bush has used it a lot more often, but obviously he isn't the only president who had problems with a lot of bills. Currently we are in a situation where the congress and the president are pushing each other as to the proper limits of presidential power. Its happened before and it will happen again. The courts often avoid ruling on the limits, although in some specific cases they will probably have to (and on a few they already have).