[PhiKapMom]

IMHO the greatest accomplishment of President Bush is to restore the Separation of Powers to the Federal Government! No longer do we have Executive Orders used to make laws by the President to suit his own whims instead of allowing Congress to make the laws or a President that determines on his own if a bill passed by the Congress is constitutional which is the responsibility of the Supreme Court. Those points seem to be missed by a lot of posters on here!

Once again in our Government we have a Congress that makes the laws (even if some are bad). We have a President in George W. Bush that signs the laws instead of making them. The Supreme Court now gets to rule on the constitutionality of a law instead of the President using his veto pen and making himself part of the Judicial Branch when "he" says a law passed by Congress is unconstitutional.

The Executive Orders and Veto Pen should only be used on rare occasions IMHO!

[EternalVigilance]

As much as I like and respect you, I must in this case respectfully disagree with your assessmemt of this situation, and your desire to put the best possible face on the President's signing of this unconstitutional bill.

All three branches of our government have an equal responsibility to judge the constitutionality of the laws that are under consideration.

This idea that the Supreme Court is the only arbiter of constitutionality is dangerous to our free republic, as it in effect puts the Supreme Court above the Constitution.

How can you say that the Executive and the Legislative branches are subject to the limitations of the Constitution, but that the Supreme Court is not?

What part of "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech" don't you, the Congress, the President, and the Courts understand?

Do words mean things or not? My seven-year old can understand this simple sentence, my friend.

Allow me to quote Hamilton in Federalist #70:

"Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the protection of property against those irregular and high-handed combinations which sometimes interrupt the ordinary course of justice; to the security of liberty against the enterprises and assaults of ambition, of faction, and of anarchy."

Regards...EV