What? You Mean a Law May Actually Mean What It Says? 0
Oh Noes.
Obama, in a two-page memorandum he issued yesterday, also preserved the right to rely on the so-called signing statements to make similar challenges.
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Obama said he would attach signing statements to legislation “only when it is appropriate to do so as a means of discharging my constitutional responsibilities.” He also laid out a set of principles that will govern his use of signing statements.
Signing statements should “not be used to suggest that the president will disregard statutory requirements on the basis of policy disagreements,” Obama said in the memorandum.
Aside: It does sort of look like a “have cake, eat it too” stance. On the other hand, as an ex-professor of Constitutional Law, Mr. Obama can be expected to have a clue or two about what “constitutional” means.
