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To: SnakeDoctor
It probably passes Constitutional muster when used with permission.

Not so sure about that.

In Clinton v. City of New York [dis-allowing line item veto], Justice Stevens [writing for the majority] was very speific about the process by which a bill becomes law.

And he stated, very clearly, that the President must sign the bill [as written, with no changes] in order for it to become law.

8 posted on 01/03/2013 2:27:26 PM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: Lmo56

Yes. And he did. With an autopen.

I doubt the President’s use of technology to sign bills while out-of-pocket renders the signature ineffective.

SnakeDoc


10 posted on 01/03/2013 2:32:10 PM PST by SnakeDoctor (Come and take it.)
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