“WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says in a report highly critical of the practice.
The ABA group, which includes a one-time FBI director and former federal appeals court judge, said the president has overstepped his authority in attaching challenges to hundreds of new laws.
The attachments, known as bill-signing statements, say Bush reserves a right to revise, interpret or disregard measures on national security and constitutional grounds.
"This report raises serious concerns crucial to the survival of our democracy," said the ABA's president, Michael Greco. "If left unchecked, the president's practice does grave harm to the separation of powers doctrine, and the system of checks and balances that have sustained our democracy for more than two centuries."”
I think it is far more likely that the American Bar Association would pose a threat to our REPUBLIC and its laws than would the President of the United States. The ABA (well-known bastion of trial attorneys and no friend to the center or the right) has shown neither friendship nor favor to the President of the United States.
Now, apparently, the ABA is setting itself up as a body superior to the United States Supreme Court.
Here’s a clue: THE ABA DOESN’T DECIDE the constitutionality of our nation’s laws. The U.S. Supreme Court has that happy task. In the meantime, I would suggest that the ABA address the numerous excesses committed by its trial lawyer members on a daily basis and quit putting its nose in where it doesn’t belong.
Bunch of arrogant asshats! To quote friend Marty: "I hate lawyers!"
The ABA group, which includes a one-time FBI director and former federal appeals court judge, said the president has overstepped his authority in attaching challenges to hundreds of new laws.
The attachments, known as bill-signing statements, say Bush reserves a right to revise, interpret or disregard measures on national security and constitutional grounds.
"This report raises serious concerns crucial to the survival of our democracy," said the ABA's president, Michael Greco. "If left unchecked, the president's practice does grave harm to the separation of powers doctrine, and the system of checks and balances that have sustained our democracy for more than two centuries."”
I think it is far more likely that the American Bar Association would pose a threat to our REPUBLIC and its laws than would the President of the United States. The ABA (well-known bastion of trial attorneys and no friend to the center or the right) has shown neither friendship nor favor to the President of the United States.
Now, apparently, the ABA is setting itself up as a body superior to the United States Supreme Court.
Here’s a clue: THE ABA DOESN’T DECIDE the constitutionality of our nation’s laws. The U.S. Supreme Court has that happy task. In the meantime, I would suggest that the ABA address the numerous excesses committed by its trial lawyer members on a daily basis and quit putting its nose in where it doesn’t belong.
Bunch of arrogant asshats! To quote friend Marty: "I hate lawyers!"
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