Animal Farm anyone?
In the news overlooked last month Mr. President decided to tack yet another one of his signing statements to the new postal reform bill. He finally confirmed what some legal and political pundits have been hinting at. He's a dictator, or would like to be in the name of National Security.
President Bush says he and other government officials have the power to snoop through your mail without a judge's warrant.Bush made the claim last month in a signing statement attached to a postal reform bill. Bush wrote that the bill "provides for opening of an item of a class of mail otherwise sealed against inspection."
After last year's revelation of Bush's secret domestic eavesdropping program, the move caused waves on Capitol Hill among some legislators who said that it contradicted the postal reform bill, as well as existing law.
Signing statements are just that. They have no legal weight. He's not a judge, and he's not a legislature. Mr. President would love to invade his citizens' privacy a bit more, but his "statements" have no legal effect. Thank goodness checks and balances still exist.
Barely.
This is kinda creepy.
