Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications
Description:
Presidential signing statements are official pronouncements issued by the President contemporaneously to the signing of a bill into law that, in addition to commenting on the law generally, have been used to forward the President's interpretation of the statutory language; to assert constitutional objections to the provisions contained therein; and, concordantly, to announce that the provisions of the law will be administered in a manner that comports with the administration's conception of the…
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Date:
January 4, 2012
Creator:
Garvey, Todd
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department