On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:27:46 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:


We have an executive, a legislative, and a judicial branch of
government. The executive makes the decisions, and can approve or not
approve legislation with a pen, and pay attention to or ignore judicial
opinions with "signing statements" Congress can provide oversight and
investigate.

With a Democratic Congress, those signing statements might bite Bush.
Clinton v. New York held that the President must veto the whole bill.
Using a signing statement like a line item veto should prove
unconstitutional.