President Bush has issued over 108 signing statements, which mostly remain unreported until early 2006, when the President issued a statement in conjunction with his signing of a torture statute, pushed through by Senator John McCain. After signing the statute, which was crafted in order to make illegal approved torture by the executive branch, President Bush wrote the following statement:
"The executive branch shall construe Title X in Division A of the Act,
relating to detainees, in a manner consistent with the Constitutional
authority of the President to supervise the unitary executive branch
and as Commander-in-Chief and consistent with the Constitutional
limitations on the judicial power which will assist in achieving the
shared objective of the Congress and the President, evidenced in Title
X, of protecting the American people from further terrorist attacks."
Bruce Fein explained before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
"If
all other avenues have proved unavailing, Congress should contemplate
impeachment for signing statements that systematically flout the
separation of powers and legislative prerogatives. The epitome of an
impeachable offense, as Alexander Hamilton amplified in the Federalist
Papers, is a political crime against the Constitution."
Statement on Signing the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
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Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice and Peace to Rid the World of Evil
The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11
The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina
Anatomy of Deceit: How the Bush Administration Used the Media to Sell the Iraq War and Out a Spy
A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
Michael B. Oren: Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present
Robert Higgs: Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society
Noam Chomsky: Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
Chris Hedges: American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
Chalmers Johnson: Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (American Empire Project)