Replies to post #60948 on Simply Politics & News (GOV)

[eaglesurvivor]

Razorbucks: progress is being made. Please consider this:

Two Visions of Western Capitalism

"Anglo-American capitalism is built on a system of values that attributes personal liberty and political democracy to economic prosperity and opportunities for personal wealth. These goals are best achieved through self-interested activities of consumers and producers in an environment fostering maximum personal economic choice, entrepreneurial activity, free trade, and unrestricted markets.

... Continental European capitalism, [on the other hand, grew out of social democracy, a nineteenth-century philosophy that emphasized] building a just system of economic distribution in society, not merely a wealthy society. This entailed a commitment to equalize wealth, control and ultimately diffuse capital's concentration, and empower the working class with their own political parties and labor unions. ... "

http://www.wwnorton.com/wtp3e/ch17_comp_pers.htm

And keep looking, I have a feeling that you'll find it.

[IxCimi]

I can give you 750 examples.

No United States Constitution provision, federal statute or common-law principle explicitly permits, or prohibits signing statements. However, Article I, Section 7 (in the Presentment Clause) empowers the president to veto a law in its entirety, or to sign it.

Article II, Section 3 requires that the executive "take care that [those] laws be faithfully executed".

Signing statements do not appear to have legal force by themselves. As a practical matter, they may give notice of the way that the Executive intends to implement a law, which may make them more significant than the text of the law itself. They may also be included as part of legislative history in clarifying the intent of a law.