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Turkey and Armenia sign accord restoring ties after long rift over 'genocide'
October 11, 2009 by Steve Czajkowski
Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark accord Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland, which is expected to normalize relations between the two countries and open up borders. The accord, which actually consists of two protocols, contains provisions to establish a common border between the two countries, to.... [more]
Obama Administration signals more limited use of presidential signing statements [comment]
March 17, 2009 by Andrew Wood
Daniel Schuman: On March 11, 2009, President Obama issued his first presidential signing statement- a formal expression of his views regarding legislation that he has just signed into law- identifying five areas in an omnibus appropriations act that he will decline to enforce because of....... [more]
Obama to limit scope of presidential signing statements
March 10, 2009 by Safiya Boucaud
US President Barack Obama issued a memorandum Monday that proposes to limit the use of attaching presidential signing statements which raise constitutional or other legal questions before bills are signed into law. The memorandum suggested parameters for the disregard of statutory provisions based.... [more]
Congress can restore proper balance among branches of government [comment]
October 3, 2008 by Andrew Wood
Jessica Knight: The Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on restoring the rule of law to its rightful, central place in our system of government. It focused on the U.S. Constitution as the cornerstone document that supports all other laws, and the need for Congress to actively p....... [more]
US federal government secrecy on the rise: report
September 4, 2007 by Alexis Unkovic
US government secrecy increased in 2006, according to the Secrecy Report Card 2007 released over the weekend by OpenTheGovernment.org. The report cited an increased reliance on national security letters (NSL) and more frequent assertions of the state secrets privilege. The fourth-annual report.... [more]
Bush signing statements leading to failure to fully execute laws: GAO report
June 19, 2007 by Michael Sung
President Bush's use of bill signing statements has led to several instances where provisions of laws have been ignored in favor of the Bush administration's interpretation, according to a report released Monday by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). At the request of Senate Appr....... [more]
Egypt police release extremists, arrest more Muslim Brotherhood members
May 21, 2007 by Leslie Schulman
More than one hundred Muslim extremists belonging to the group al-Jihad have been released from Egyptian prisons over the last two weeks, according to Egyptian police on Monday. The prisoners, many of whom had been held for over a decade, were released only after signing statements renouncing the.... [more]
Bush adds signing statement on privacy review to security spending bill
October 5, 2006 by Natalie Hrubos
US President George W. Bush attached a signing statement to the 2007 spending bill for the Homeland Security Department Thursday, giving himself the authority to make changes to the agency's annual Privacy Office reports. Congress stated that only the Department's Privacy Officer could edit....... [more]
ABA condemns Bush 'misuse' of signing statements
August 9, 2006 by Jaime Jansen
The American Bar Association approved a resolution Tuesday condemning President Bush for his misuse of bill signing statements to bypass particular provisions of a bill that the president considers unconstitutional or a risk to national security. Last month, an ABA task force released a....... [more]
Specter introduces bill allowing Congress to challenge presidential signing statements
July 27, 2006 by Holly Manges Jones
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) Wednesday introduced legislation that would give Congress the power to bring lawsuits in federal court to challenge presidential bill signing statements the constitutionality of which is in question. President Bush has used the signing.... [more]
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