Idiot. An autopen is not a decision making tool rather a tool for automating time consuming repetitive tasks that presidents shouldn't need to waste their time on.
Presidents have used signature-duplicating devices since the early 19th century, starting with Thomas Jefferson, who used a mechanical pantograph called a polygraph. The modern-day autopen machine is widely believed to have been first used by President Harry Truman in the mid-20th century.
Key Moments in Presidential Autopen Use
Early 1800s: Thomas Jefferson was an enthusiastic user of an early precursor to the autopen called the polygraph, a device that allowed one pen to copy the movements of another, effectively producing a duplicate letter or signature as he wrote the original.
Mid-1900s: Harry Truman is generally considered the first president to utilize the modern, robotic autopen machine, primarily for signing routine correspondence and checks.
1960s: John F. Kennedy relied heavily on the autopen, which was so well known that it inspired a book titled The Robot That Helped to Make a President. Lyndon B. Johnson publicized the practice by allowing the device to be photographed in the White House, leading to a 1968 National Enquirer headline, "The Robot That Sits In For The President".
2011: Barack Obama became the first president known to use an autopen to sign an actual bill into law. This occurred while he was in France, and he needed to sign an extension of the Patriot Act before it expired. This use sparked a legal debate, but a 2005 Justice Department opinion (commissioned by George W. Bush, who never used it for legislation) had already concluded it was constitutional for a president to direct a subordinate to affix their signature by autopen, provided the president had made the decision to approve the bill.
Since then, use of the autopen for both correspondence and legislation has become a standard practice in the White House.
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