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I don't understand the fuss. Signing statements are worth about as much as used toilet paper. They have zero - zip - standing and everyone is free to ignore them.



I think the issue is that Shrub has publicly stated that he is free to ignore the main provisions of the very laws he is signing. Not even Bubba and Reagan, with all their signing statements, ever overtly claimed that they intended to (or even could) do so. Granted, every President since Jefferson has done just that. It's simply that no one except Andy Jackson has ever had the arrogance to to assert it publicly.

Since the dimwit has arrogated such power unto himself, it's up to the Congress and the Courts to check him. And if they don't, well, they've then set a dangerous precedent.