AMERICAN BAR ASSOC. INVESTIGATES BUSH FOR SIGNING STATEMENTS

Must be around 800 by now.

I just heard it on Air-America. You wanna know sothing? It's things like Air-America that make me feel good about being an American.

Bar group will review Bush's legal challenges

By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff June 4, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The board of governors of the American Bar Association voted unanimously yesterday to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that have been enacted since he took office.
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Meeting in New Orleans, the board of governors for the world's largest association of legal professionals approved the creation of an all-star legal panel with a number of members from both political parties.

They include a former federal appeals court chief judge, a former FBI director, and several prominent scholars -- to evaluate Bush's assertions that he has the power to ignore laws that conflict with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Bush has appended statements to new laws when he signs them, noting which provisions he believes interfere with his powers.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/06/04/bar_group_will_review_bushs_legal_challenges/

It is amazing with this administration has gotten away with.

It's just unbelievable how
"America" has been wasting away
since they took over.

What does it take?

I just hope we don't get to that point. I feel things changing though...

I hope you're right.
I am so disgusted with the direction the country has taken. (as all of us here are)

It would be nice to not wake up angry every day.

everything is temporary. The rest is really up to you, me and the rest of DU to do things that help.

That is all! :woohoo:

I'm going to be getting some of these printed on t-shirts and putting them up for sale if I can generate enough interest...

good luck with the project.

I used National Disaster instead of Natural Disaster ...

are the t-shirts union-made in the USA, which might cost a bit more but imagine the marketing advantage!

up for you if you have some ideas. I wouldn't use anything BUT American made shirts, although I can't promise if they would be Union made or not. However, coming from a strong Union family, it certainly is an option.

Let me know what kind of graphic you would like and I'll see what I can do.

Once they cross the boarder, they should just issue themselves a signing statement absolving them of crossing the boarder illegally.

whitewash. If they really give a shit, they would just denounce his actions.

I remember the day because I dumbly wrote on DU "why don't they disbar him instead of "condemning." You can't disbar him because he couldn't gain admission into ANY law school. too lazy and stupid.

always fall back on Harvard.

"If this president were a Democrat and had such a record, you can bet your life Republicans and conservatives would be in the forefront of resisting this executive over-reach."

From Sully of all people

http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/

I still disagree with him about many things but Sullivan is ripping on this admin and the religious right as well if not better than anyone right now.

I'm not a lawyer but I'm 99.99% sure that the ABA doesn't have any jurisdiction or enforcement ability here. This is a good thing because it brings attention to it and there will be an existing ABA opinion on this if it ever goes to the SCOTUS, but this review in itself has no official power.

This will get nowhere as long as we have the fox minding the hen house.

Bar group will review Bush's legal challenges

WASHINGTON -- The board of governors of the American Bar Association voted unanimously yesterday to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that have been enacted since he took office.
Article Tools

Meeting in New Orleans, the board of governors for the world's largest association of legal professionals approved the creation of an all-star legal panel with a number of members from both political parties.

They include a former federal appeals court chief judge, a former FBI director, and several prominent scholars -- to evaluate Bush's assertions that he has the power to ignore laws that conflict with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Bush has appended statements to new laws when he signs them, noting which provisions he believes interfere with his powers.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/06/04/bar_group_will_review_bushs_legal_challenges/?p1=MEWell_Pos1