An Answer
Justice on a Short Leash
Why did the president cut off investigation of the NSA’s domestic surveillance program?
The Washington Post, 7/22/06
Because he thinks he’s above the Constitution, that’s why.
UPDATE: Like I said…
If the president has constitutional problems with a bill, the task force said, he should convey those concerns to Congress before it reaches his desk. The panel said signing statements should not be a substitute for vetoing bills the president considers unconstitutional.
“The President’s constitutional duty is to enforce laws he has signed into being unless and until they are held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court or a subordinate tribunal,” panel members wrote. “The Constitution is not what the President says it is.”
Bush’s Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed
The Washington Post, 7/24/06
<p>Just keep swallowing the kool-aid Casey.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comment Shameer. Whose kool-aid do you think I’m drinking? I’d say it’s that of our founding fathers and the author’s of America’s Constitution who understood that even the President isn’t above the law.</p><p>Here’s some wisdom for you from an American President who understood better.</p><p>"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."</p><p>Theodore Roosevelt</p>
<p>Thanks for the comment Shameer. I’m not sure who’s kool-aid you think I’m drinking. I’d say it’s that of the founders who wrote our Constitution and understood that not even the President is above the law in this country. It’s some kool-aid that Bush (and you it seems) could really use.</p>