Lawrence Tribe, of Harvard Law, has a different view of the signing statements issue than does the ABA. While he agrees that Bush has abused the power, Tribe feels that signing statements can be of value in those cases where the legislation is ambiguous or in omnibus bills where the President may object to one section of a multi-sectioned bill.
He feels that the problem really is this administration's theory of the unitary executive as well as its abuse of powers in a number of areas, including signing statements. It is this theory that should be rejected as it violates Article I of the Constitution.
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