Candidates on Unitary Executive Power

Speaking of signing statements, the Boston Globe’s Charlie Savage (who first wrote about them and won a Pulitzer for his work last year) surveyed the Presidential candidates back in December to determine where they each stood on executive power. Half the field has dropped out since then, but Clinton, Obama, McCain and Romney all responded …

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I don’t need your stinkin’ laws

If the New York Times editorial board thinks Bush’s signing statement on the Defense Authorization Bill is so damned important, why is it that its news pages didn’t mention it? What does that signing statement say? Among other things, that four sections of the bill unconstitutionally infringe on his powers, and so the executive branch …

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