The GAO takes a look (linked here via Think Progress) at the impact of President Bush’s expansive use of “signing statements” to declare that he will not follow laws he signs, and finds at least six instances in which federal agencies are ignoring the will of Congress. Here’s what the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Charlie Savage has to say about it.
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No? Well, then. You have come to the right place. Though we must caution: If you continue reading this post, you do so at significant risk your own faith in the American Democratic process.
