Presidential Signing Statements

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Signing statement
2. Government Accountability Office: Presidential Signing Statements - 2006 (2007)
3. The American Presidency Project: Presidential Signing Statements
4. Boston Globe: "Bush challenges hundreds of laws" (2006)  
5. Presidential Signing Statements - George W. Bush
6. Congresspedia: Presidential signing statements
7. AlterNet: Bush's Presidential Signing Statements Have Been Used to Nullify Laws (2007)

Presidential Signing Statements Recent News

• Yahoo! News: Signing Statements
• FOXNews.com: GAO Examines Signing Statement Cases (2007)
• WashingtonPost.com: "Administration Has Ignored Laws" (2007)  
• ABA: Bush's Signing Statements Undermine Separation of Powers (2006)
• The Nation: Lawyers Challenge Bush (2006)

Presidential Signing Statements Background

• American Bar Association: Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements
• U.S. Department of Justice: Legal Significance of Presidential Signing Statements (1993)
• Library of Congress: Presidential Signing Statements: A Research Guide

Presidential Signing Statements Commentary and Criticism

• Slate Magazine: The fallout from President Bush's signing-statement spree (2007)  
• FindLaw: The Problem with Presidential Signing Statements (2006)  
• New York Review of Books: "Power Grab" (2006)
• International Herald Tribune: "How Bush tries shaping new laws to his liking" (2006)  
• Cato Institute: The Problem With Presidential Signing Statements (2006)
• TomPaine.com: Constitutional License (2006)
• AlterNet: The President Does Not Know Best (2006)
• Townhall.com: How to gag a president (2006)
• National Review Online: The Editors on Presidential Signing Statements (2006)

Presidential Signing Statements Message Boards and Blogs

• TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime: On Signing Statements (2007)
• Chronicles of Dissent: Follow the Law or the President? (2007)
• The Liberty Papers: George W. Bush: A President Above The Law (2007)
• Think Progress: Federal Agencies Ignore 30 Percent Of Laws Passed Last Year (2007)
• FreeRepublic: US agencies disobey 6 laws that president challenged (2007)
• The Huffington Post: How Close Are We to the End of Democracy? (2006)  
• Daily Kos: Presidential Signing Statements Posts
• Wonkette: Signing Statements Posts
• Google Blog Search: Presidential Signing Statements

Presidential Signing Statements Figures

• George W. Bush
  • Boston Globe: Examples of the president's signing statements (2006)  
• John Conyers
  • Cox Newspapers: House Opens Inquiry Of Presidential Signing Statements (2007)
• Robert Byrd
  • New York Times: "Lawmakers to Investigate Bush on Laws and Intent" (2007)  

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