Back in the 1990's, I used to listen a lot to Alan Keyes (that's a talking head from the past). He used to talk about how the Constitution was supposed to get us away from monarchy rule and have us be a nation of laws. The use of an Autopen - or a rubber stamped signature - is the rule of using the rulers name to get things done. Sort of like, "can someone rid me of this troublesome priest?"
I voted for him in the primary in 2000. He brought a lot of Christian character to the presidential race. And then George W. Bush who was the chosen one by the party honchos said "Christ, he changed my heart" during the Republican candidates forum and that's all it took for a lot of thoughtless evangelicals to sign onto Bush.
Keyes was the most devout Christian running in that contest. His party did its damndest to destroy his chances. And so we got eight years of Bush the Lesser.
It would have been a much better America had Alan Keyes become president.
The King would sign a document and then a drop of wax was put on the document and the King would press his ring into the wax to indicate that the signature was truly his.
Using an autopen is akin to someone else taking the King's ring and affixing his seal to a document.
-PJ