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"On the other hand, if Bush signs a bill he knows to be unconstitutional then he is willfully violating his oath"

What I don't understand is why Bush is not given a pass on CFR, but is on things like the Bush-Kennedy education plan.

I have no love for the Bush-Kennedy plan either.

Unfortunately the Tenth Amendment has been essentially gutted by the courts with Republican acquiesence. Only the minor parties such as Libertarian or Constitution seem to pay it any reverence.

The first amendment however, is one which I had hoped up until now that the GOP would be willing to support.

What I don't understand is why Bush is not given a pass on CFR, but is on things like the Bush-Kennedy education plan.

I'm not entirely certain he was given quite so extensive a pass on that plan. I did see quite a number of rounds roasting him (appropriately) over it. What strikes me, aside from the point another poster just enunciated (i.e., when men and women of the right start saying Constitutionality is in the eye of the Supreme Court's beholder, it's over), is that never mind being worthy of our Founding Fathers - this government isn't even worthy of Barry Goldwater.

I will not attempt to determine whether legislation is "needed" before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. - Barry Goldwater.