Sen. John McCain thought he had a deal when President Bush, faced with a veto-proof margin in Congress, agreed to sign a bill banning the torture of detainees.
Not quite.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is opening hearings into what has become the White House's favorite tool for overriding Congress in the name of national security: signing statements reserving the president's right to ignore the law. Committee Chairman Arlen Specter has been keeping a laundry list of White House practices he bluntly says could amount to abuses of executive power. But the hearing also is about countering any influence that the signing statements may have on court decisions.
June 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Sen. John McCain thought he had a deal when President Bush, faced with a veto-proof margin in Congress, agreed to sign a bill banning the torture of detainees.
Not quite.
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