Signing Statements

Last week, Slate brought up a very interesting point that might help explain why this president rarely vetos anything. That is, he uses signing statements instead.

So the Republican Congress passes a law trying to curtail the president’s use of signing statements. The president, apparently returning to work after watching back-to-back Seinfelds on TBS, instead issues a signing statement saying he won’t enforce a law (that he just signed) that ironically asks the president to curtail his use of signing statements.