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In Defense of Obama’s Signing Statements. Kind Of.

March 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on In Defense of Obama’s Signing Statements. Kind Of.

Today, Obama signed the uber-porky federal budget, which is plenty bad enough at a time when the federal government needs more than ever to watch every penny.  But along with it, he included a signing statement declaring that he considered 5 of the provisions he was signing into law unconstitutional, and would not enforce them. […]

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