Re: OT Survey, Which Party Do You Think Will Be Better For Machine Shops?

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:46:49 -0700, "John R. Carroll"
<jcarroll@ubu,machiningsolution.com> wrote:
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I think every President wishes for the ability to selectively edit spending
legistlation.
Some have proposed legistlative action but our constitution is specific on
this and vitrually every legal scholar would tell you that until a
constitutional ammendment is passed, the President can either veto or sign a
bill. He can't tinker with it by taking the stuff he likes and tossing what
he doesn't. This makes good sense.
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It might make perfect sense, but google on "signing statements"
for >200k hits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statement_(United_States)

for a list of the 2001-2008 "signing statements" click on
http://www.coherentbabble.com/signingstatements/TOCindex.htm

In many cases these "signing statements" not only rescinded
direct/specific Congressional appropriations and/or reallocated
funds, but also changed the intent/content of legislation, in
affect saying I like this section and will enforce it, but I
don't like that provision and won't enforce it. This even
extends to the declaration of war.

Nice to see the 'ule of law" in action....


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