Controversy Grows Over Obama Signing Statements

Despite President Obama’s previous criticism of former President George W. Bush’s “signing statements” that limit the president’s responsibility to comply with a bill passed by Congress, it turns out Obama has been doing much the same thing since he took office.  Charlie Savage reported in The New York More…

House Dems Push Back on Obama Signing Statement

The Associated Press reports that a group of senior House Democrats are concerned that a recent “signing statement” issued by President Obama is  reminiscent of his predecessor’s reliance on the statements to undermine the will of Congress.

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There’s Really Nothing I Can Add to Arlen Specter Coverage, BUT

Via ThinkProgress, this hot new New York Review of Books piece by Specter couldn’t possibly go over well with the GOP caucus:

First, I intend to introduce legislation that will mandate Supreme Court review of lower court decisions in suits brought by the ACLU and others that challenge

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