Bush use of signing statements illegal, impeachable

Here's something you didn't see on the nightly news:

In a hearing today, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on presidential signing statements, which Ranking Member Leahy called "a grave threat to our constitutional system of checks and balances." Recent reports have highlighted how Bush has issued these orders in record numbers and exercised unprecedented overreach by giving himself the authority to ignore certain parts of the laws he signs.

Because of the extralegal nature of the signing statements, there is nothing for Congress or the Supreme Court to actually overrule. Nevertheless, the statements are binding for policy implementation.

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Citing Bush's behavior as "alarming," [attorney and legal scholar Bruce]Fein suggested that the President could be impeached for "political crime(s) against the Constitution."

Perhaps one of the biggest news stories of the day and it wasn't reported.

Now, tell me again about the liberal bias of the media.