Question: Why do we need an Executive Branch?

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I don't care. He used them as he saw fit. I didn't agree with all of it but he did it and people followed his wishes. In a few months we will have another president who will do things many disagree with. Not new.

You're not alone in your contempt for the rules of law. In the past, signing statements were used sparingly to express concerns about Constitutional issues or a fundamental disagreement between the Executive and Legislative branches. However, the only branch that can determine the Constitutionality of a law is the Judiciary. The only branch that can alter a law as written is the Legislative. Nowhere is it stated that a President/Executive can simply choose whether or not a law he signed is legal, enforcable, or anything else. He either signs it and it becomes a law that he is sworn to uphold, or he vetoes it. Period.