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Acting as if your scribbled note is the law... (0+ / 0-)

IS unconstitutional

by StephenB on Fri Dec 08, 2006 at 10:20:34 AM PDT

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- Irrelevant to the matter at hand (0+ / 0-)
  
  and incorrect. That would be breaking a law and would be ILLEGAL. Major diff.
  
  by kursk on Fri Dec 08, 2006 at 03:20:59 PM PDT
  
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  - Clear this up for me... (0+ / 0-)
    
    The President scribbles a note in the margins of a bill passed by Congress and then acts as if his scribbled note is law.
    Isn't the President, by doing this, "making law"? And doesn't the Constitution specify that only Congress can make law? So aren't his actions in violation of the Constitution?
    
    by StephenB on Sat Dec 09, 2006 at 07:37:24 AM PDT
    
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    - No. (0+ / 0-)
      
      If he doesn't uphold the law as written by congress then he isn't upholding the law. That's why Preisidents have been doing it for some time. It is a way of recording thoughts on legislation.
      
      by kursk on Sat Dec 09, 2006 at 09:07:56 AM PDT
      
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