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Now that the Dems have retaken Congress (OK, we still have to wait until they get sworn in,) among the ten million other things on the agenda, I think we should see what can be done to challenge Bush's signing statements, and that toxic "unitary executive" theory that Bush is using to assert dictatorial powers.
Maybe Congress could sue the President, stating that the law Congress written stated X, but Bush executed Y instead. There are lots of examples.
But basically, the goal is to get written into legal precedent that signing statements have no legal power. The President can express his opinions in there, and explain what he thinks the law says if the law is ambiguous, but he can't use a signing statement to change the law, or ignore the law, or break the law. He has to execute the law as Congress wrote it. Also, make sure that the Unitary Executive theory is completely shot down in court. Congress is not just an advisory committee - they write the laws, and the President is bound to the laws.
Court challenges sound like a good way to go. Maybe writing in some legislation, and use some political arm twisting - threats of investigations or impeachment, to get Bush to sign it instead of vetoing it.
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