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To: Dale Baker who wrote (105756)3/9/2009 7:47:53 PM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 541933
 
Let's hope those zillion loopholes get closed if there is no genuine constitutional basis for ducking congressional intent.

The New Republic piece on signing statements was quite good on this issue. A president has a right to signing statements but only on the well publicized belief that a given item is unconstitutional and with a serious attempt to determine the accuracy of that judgment.