Obama orders review of Bush-era signing statements

[babylonsister]

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/03/obama_orders_review_of_signing_statements.php

Obama orders review of signing statements

Obama orders review of Bush-era signing statements

Staff
AP News

Mar 09, 2009 13:26 EST


President Barack Obama has ordered a review of his predecessor's signing statements which often told officials how to implement laws.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that Obama has sent memos to federal agencies directing them to review former President George W. Bush's signing statements.

When signing legislation, Bush often would use such statements to direct officials to ignore parts of the law he thought were incorrect or restricted the administration's constitutional powers.

Gibbs said presidents have used such statements to note potential problems and Obama planned to continue that practice. But Gibbs said Obama would not use those signing statements to completely disregard Congress' intent.

[bdamomma]

1. wait until President Obama sees those signing statements

those were total disregard of Congress and cementing the whole idea of dictatorship for the past 8 years.

[thevoiceofreason]

2. Another campaign promise kept! K&R

[Captain Hilts]

3. YES! We're a nation of laws not people! This is really good news.

Now, if the importance of this issue can be explained to Joe and Mary Shit, that would be great.

Joe and Mary never 'got' what it was that Nixon did that was wrong. They never understood the issue of the privatization of foreign policy to avert congressional oversight of Iran-Contra.

Good luck on this vital issue.

[graywarrior]

4. Watch the stockmarket crash

lol