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Signing Statements

Why Does Obama Use Executive Power for Everything But Gay Troops?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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Nathaniel Frank

Sometimes moral and political leadership really are one and the same. Ending the needless firing of gay troops is one of those times.

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President Obama's Signing Statements and Congress's Response: A Return to Separation of Powers Sanity?

Peter M. Shane | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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Peter M. Shane

The intriguing debate continues on President Obama's use of signing statements to protest provisions of statutes he is signing into law.

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Jeff Muskus

House Chairs Push Back Against Obama Signing Statements

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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House Democrats issued a warning to President Obama on Tuesday: Cool it with the signing statements. Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the Financial Ser...

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Well, You Wanted Bipartisanship: House Awakens, Votes 429-2 For Oval Office Accountability

Rob Warmowski | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

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Rob Warmowski

Why now? Why did the House allow hundreds of dubious, abusive Bush signing statements in eight years without such an amendment, but can find its courage and love of accountability today?

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President Obama's Clear Abuse Of Power Cited By...Senator Obama

Rob Warmowski | Posted 07.28.2009 | Home

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Rob Warmowski

Those who sought legal idealism from the Obama administration won't be getting it, and those who saw a bloated, creeping Executive branch under Bush/Cheney have not, after all, voted in a choirboy.

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Obama Creates Panel To Find Cause of Financial Crisis

nytimes.com | Kate Phillips | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

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President Obama on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at curbing financial fraud in the mortgage and other industries, including a provision that crea...

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The American Myth and Chinese Reality

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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Eric C. Anderson

China's Premier has said that his country's judicial system needs to be reformed in order to assure the judiciary's "dignity, justice and independence." He is seeking rule of law -- not rule by law.

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LA Times Falsely Claims Clinton Used "Way More" Signing Statements Than Bush

Washington Monthly | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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NOT EVEN CLOSE.... The LA Times' Andrew Malcolm played a little fast and loose yesterday, commenting on President Obama's directive on Bush's signing ...

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Obama: Don't Rely on Bush's Signing Statements

AP/NYT | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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

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Executive Vigor Without Executive Arrogance I: Ending the Reign of Signing Statements

Peter M. Shane | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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Peter M. Shane

With supporters clamoring for the new president to wipe away Bush-era policies with a stroke of a pen, how can the new president wield his own pen without embracing the Bush assault on constitutionalism?

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Moderate Republicans Unhappy With Party's New Principles

Chuck Lasker | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

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Chuck Lasker

The Republican Party is a ghost of its original self. It's no wonder reasonable, tolerant, progressive Republicans are jumping ship, while new recruits to the Party are diminishing.

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The Constitution is the Issue

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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John W. Whitehead

In all their stump speeches, little to nothing has been said by either Obama or McCain about repairing the damage done to our constitutional freedoms during the Bush presidency.

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The End of Politigation

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

From the rise to power of the "Comeback Kid" until June 12th, the Clintons have played the game as litigators. After all, isn't a campaign a war?

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McCain Knocks Bush Signing Statements, Says He'll Never Issue One

Washington Post's The Trail | Glenn Kessler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain criticized President Bush today for his practice of issuing signing statements that suggest the president will ignore elements of the...

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Bush Issues Signing Statement Waiving Ban On Permanent Military Bases Iraq

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush yesterday signed the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act after initially rejecting Congress's first version because it would have ...

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Bush Issues First Signing Statement Since 2006 On Military Appropriations Bill

Boston Globe | Charlie Savage | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush this month issued his first signing statement since the Democratic takeover of Congress, reserving the right to bypass 11 provisions in...

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