Is President Bush's use of signing statements constitutional?

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John McCain

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"I'll End Signing Statements"
1/4/2008 9:48:09 PM

John Kerry

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"Clearly Unconstitutional"
9/11/2007 4:43:48 AM

James Bovard

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"Bush's Signing Statement Dictatorship"
6/22/2007 1:03:38 PM

Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

Jackson-Lee proposed legislation against signing statements
6/22/2007 1:03:33 PM

Lamar S. Smith (R-TX)

President Bush's use of signing statements is constitutional.

"Only the reddest of red herrings"
6/22/2007 1:03:26 PM

Rob Andrews (D-NJ)

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"Among the most threatening and insidious examples of overreaching"
6/22/2007 1:03:20 PM

Antonin Scalia

President Bush's use of signing statements is constitutional.

From this article: Supplying much of the jurisprudential weight to the president's practice has bee...
6/22/2007 1:03:14 PM

American Bar Association

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"Contrary To The Rule Of Law"
6/22/2007 1:03:08 PM

Tony Snow

President Bush's use of signing statements is constitutional.

Snow: President Is Not Committing Acts Of Disobedience
6/22/2007 1:03:03 PM

John Conyers, Jr.

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"No self-respecting federal legislature should tolerate"
6/22/2007 1:02:53 PM

Russ Feingold

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"A disrespect for the rule of law"
6/22/2007 1:02:45 PM

Patrick Leahy

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"A diabolical device"
6/22/2007 1:02:39 PM

John Cornyn

President Bush's use of signing statements is constitutional.

"The president is entitled to express his opinion."
6/22/2007 12:31:47 PM

Dianne Feinstein

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"On our way to a most serious constututional confrontation"
6/22/2007 12:30:05 PM

Ted Kennedy

President Bush's use of signing statements is unconstitutional.

"Blatant disregard for the rule of law"
6/22/2007 12:29:29 PM

George W. Bush

President Bush's use of signing statements is constitutional.

They're his statements!
6/22/2007 12:28:57 PM