Specter Prepping Bill to Sue Bush

[dajoki]

Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/07/24/ap2900817.html

Associated Press
Specter Prepping Bill to Sue Bush

By LAURIE KELLMAN , 07.24.2006, 07:20 PM

A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush's signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court.

"We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared unconstitutional," Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said on the Senate floor.

Specter's announcement came the same day that an American Bar Association task force concluded that by attaching conditions to legislation, the president has sidestepped his constitutional duty to either sign a bill, veto it, or take no action.

Bush has issued at least 750 signing statements during his presidency, reserving the right to revise, interpret or disregard laws on national security and constitutional grounds.

"That non-veto hamstrings Congress because Congress cannot respond to a signing statement," said ABA president Michael Greco. The practice, he added "is harming the separation of powers."

[AtomicKitten]

1. I want to believe it.

But Specter has barked loudly before and then acquiesced.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Me 2

Not holding breath.

[napi21]

I agree with you, but Shrub is getting less and less popular, and

loosing the support of more and more people, both in the Congress and in the public! I actually think there is a good chance he'll follow through this time.

[Botany]

6. You got it!

That tough old hunting dog Sen. Specter is coming after bus & Co. :rofl:




Look by now everybody knows that:
Iraq was based on a lie.
9/11 happened because bush and company did nothing despite 52 + warnings
(lowest of the different evil conspiracies)
That the intel was fixed
that bush & company started their NSA spying in march of 2001
that Gore then Kerry won
that the congressional GOP and many dems have failed to do shit about
our slide into a dictatorship ....

Spector will jump down just like he did about NSA spying

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Big Dawg won't do it..... oh wait, wrong bill.... nevermind. n't

[C_U_L8R]

4. Spectre intends to innoculate Bush

The Repubs are going through these motions
to protect the Prez once Dems win back control.
In other words.. he's sueing him so we can't.

[nealmhughes]

It might be part of party strategy, but I get the impression that Spector

is genuinely pissed. The Senate is pretty serious about preserving its privledges, such as making law...and then expecting the administration to execute them.

[dajoki]

12. If it gets far enough...

I will be very curious to see where Santorum stands.

[patrice]

8. How's that work?

No double indemnity? But it's not a crime, I don't understand. Why can't we go after him again?

[Reckon]

5. Specter is being prepped as puppet law maker!..

Just watch!

[Sam Odom]

10. Just a 'head fake' move but...

If Specter is sincere he better check and see if his life insurance is up-to-date

[gumby]

7. Y-A-W-W-W-N

Mebbe he'll find another Single Bullet that'll convince him that everything Bush is A-OK.

Isn't it Specter that is preparing a bill to inoculate Bush from his illegal spying? So now he's the Big Bad Bully standing up for the Constitution? Ummmmm, I don't think so.

[Donnachaidh]

9. Brave Sir Arlen

sung to the tune of Brave Sir Robin from Monty Python

bravely bold sir Arlen rode forth from camelot
he was not afraid to die oh brave sir Arlen
he was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways
brave brave brave brave sir Arlen
he was not the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp
or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken
to have his kneecaps split and his body burned away
and his limbs all hacked and mangled brave sir Arlen
his head smashed in and his heart cut out
and his liver removed and his bowels unplugged
and his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off and his penis...

[Mnemosyne]

15. Parody and Python!

My favorites!

Dare I ask is that the ending - "and his penis..."?

Wait! I know. It's Detachable.


And welcome to DU Donna. Talent is appreciated here.:hi:


on edit:

Specter blows and fizzles.

[RoseMead]

11. Question here

This story says Bush has issued at least 750 signing statements, and I've read that elsewhere, but on Wikipedia says, "George W. Bush's 130 signing statements contain at least 750 (constitutional) challenges." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statements

So is this article incorrect on that point? Or Wikipedia?

[dajoki]

14. Maybe some help...

From The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060731/edwards

But there are at least two causes for concern about the way George W. Bush has used this presidential tool. One is the unprecedented frequency with which he has issued such statements; in less than six years he has issued more signing statements (over 750 by some estimates) than all other Presidents in history combined. This is a President who routinely challenges the decisions even of a Congress dominated by his own party.

[Dudley_DUright]

13. Yeah right

Then after "contentious negotiations" with the whitehouse (read total capitulation by Specter), the bill will morph into one that completely legalizes "signing statements" and prevents any meaningful judicial review. How many times to we have to watch this rerun? Why do I feel like Charlie Brown and Lucy is holding a football?

[dajoki]

16. Well, if Dems...

take over the senate we will see.