More analysis.
Very passive aggressive. He's basically saying,
"Because I'm the President, and you (Congress) have said we're at war, I can do this. It's not illegal, because I **say** it's not illegal." That's KING talk. KRAZY talk. The office holder is President Bush, not King George.
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Rather than veto laws passed by Congress, Bush is using his signing statements to effectively nullify them as they relate to the executive branch. These statements, for him, function as directives to executive branch departments and agencies as to how they are to implement the relevant law.
President Bush and the attorneys advising him may also anticipate that the signing statements will help him if and when the relevant laws are construed in court - for federal courts, depending on their views of executive power, may deem such statements relevant to their interpretation of a given law. After all, the law would not have passed had the President decided to veto it, so arguably, his view on what the law meant ought to (within reason) carry some weight for the court interpreting it. This is the argument, anyway.
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