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To: Lazamataz
How could one be tried for breaking a "secret" law?
249 posted on 12/29/2003 3:13:43 PM PST by GregoryFul
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To: GregoryFul
How could one be tried for breaking a "secret" law?

One would have to be charged by the Executive branch that is supposed to uphold the laws.


Source:
Statement by the President
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
The White House
December 13, 2003

Section 106 enacts by reference certain requirements set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the House-Senate committee of conference or in a classified annex. The executive branch continues to discourage this practice of enacting secret laws and encourages instead appropriate non-binding uses of classified schedules of authorizations, classified annexes to committee reports, and joint statements of managers that accompany the final legislation.

It appears that there was much about this bill that the President didn't care for, but, he signed it anyway.
It will be interesting to see how the Supremeos rule when his objections are contested.
I'll guess that he hopes the Executive branch does better than We the People did with the 30/60 day provisions of CFR.

253 posted on 12/29/2003 5:11:38 PM PST by michigander
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