It is unsurprising. There's a whole lot of Stuart idiocy in GWB. The English Bill of Rights 1689 recognised signing statements (whoops, I meant to type) dispensations, which all the Stuart kings had used repeatedly, as a form of tyranny.

That the pretended power of suspending the laws or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent of Parliament is illegal;

That the pretended power of dispensing with laws or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal;

Posted by Alan at December 16, 2007 03:13 AM

Poor Thomas de Torquemada, born over 500 years too soon. What a wonderful addition to the chimp's cabinet he would have made.

Posted by TIKI AL at December 16, 2007 09:20 AM

HTML Tags:
<b>Bold</b> = Bold
<i>Italics</i> = Italics
<a href="http://www.url.com/">Linked text</a> = Linked text

Note: comments from signed in commenters will show up right away. If you are not signed in, your comment will not appear until it has been approved.