[Sir Gawain]

Article VI of the U.S Constitution states:

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution;

If you have doubts that a bill is constitutional, but sign it anyway, are you upholding your Oath?

[NittanyLion]

Game, set, match...

[Pokey78]

For 8 years, Ronald Reagan pushed for line item veto authority. After it was passed (by a Republican Congress and signed into law by Bubba), SCOTUS declared it unconstitutional.

Was President Reagan trying to knowingly subvert the Constitution all of those years?

[Dane]

If you have doubts that a bill is constitutional, but sign it anyway, are you upholding your Oath?

Huh, then why do we have a Supreme Court? Or did the Founders put the Supreme Court into the Constitution just for fun?

Come on, your alls superior knowledge can answer that question.

You all seem to pride yourselves of being the "know alls and be alls".

[Tuxedo]

Depends on what you mean by "support". If you define a strict adherence, then there is a contradiction in allowing it to be amended. The ad ban is obviously unconstitutional. Although it can be said that TV stations violate the 1st amendment every election cycle by not granting access time to certain candidates. Now, should Bush veto it? Yes! And I fail to understand his actions here. But does it mean I won't vote for him in 2004? No... I plan to vote for him. I would like him to strike down Roe v. Wade by Executive Order, but since he has no plans to do that, I still will vote for him. He will be far superior to Hillary, Daschle, Edwards, or any of their ilk.

[deport]

If you have doubts that a bill is constitutional, but sign it anyway, are you upholding your Oath?

Doubts equals uncertainty, but not absolute knowledege or assurance.... then if that's the case the correct method is to let the Constitutional arbitrator decide... imo.