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  • Bush using a little-noticed strategy to alter the balance of power

    01/07/2006 12:56:30 AM PST · by RWR8189 · 112 replies · 2,733+ views
    Knight Ridder ^ | January 7, 2006 | Ron Hutcheson and James Kuhnhenn
    WASHINGTON - President Bush agreed with great fanfare last month to accept a ban on torture, but he later quietly reserved the right to ignore it, even as he signed it into law.Acting from the seclusion of his Texas ranch at the start of New Year's weekend, Bush said he would interpret the new law in keeping with his expansive view of presidential power. He did it by issuing a bill-signing statement - a little-noticed device that has become a favorite tool of presidential power in the Bush White House.In fact, Bush has used signing statements to reject, revise or...