WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
story | Boston Globe via TruthOut
~I'm stuck on the idea that giving himself "the power to set aside any statute" is not illegal in itself, let alone that no one in Congress (the Courts?) has yet held the President accountable for any of the laws he has so far chosen to ignore. (I'm a silly man.)
Posted by Stubbornson at April 30, 2006 04:21 PM