ABA Panel Targets Signing Statements

By Kathrine Schmidt
Roll Call Staff

July 24, 2006, 7:35 p.m.

The American Bar Association on Monday strode into a debate that has pit some in Congress against President Bush’s expansive vision of executive power, as the legal association issued a unanimous task force report criticizing Bush for crafting more than 100 “signing statements,” which some say undercut portions of laws he was signing.

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