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      A Constitutional Crisis of Cheney's Making?

      Posted by Billbar from firedoglake

      The President has appended signing statements to more than 705 pieces of legislation. In a lot of cases, this has not had to do with clarification in terms of an ambiguity or some other minor point — but has, in fact, changed the meaning of the legislation itself. In other words, instead of following the constitutional mandate, the Executive Branch is now effectively legislating on its own.

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    • Cheney aide is screening legislation

      Posted by Billbar from Boston Globe

      The officials said Cheney's legal adviser and chief of staff, David Addington , is the Bush administration's leading architect of the "signing statements" the president has appended to more than 750 laws. The statements assert the president's right to ignore the laws because they conflict with his interpretation of the Constitution.

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