Preventing Courts from considering Signing Statements
It is within the power of Congress to amend the Evidence Code and the Rules of Court to prevent lawyers from citing presidential signing statements ...more »
It is within the power of Congress to amend the Evidence Code and the Rules of Court to prevent lawyers from citing presidential signing statements in their pleadings, and prevent federal courts from giving them evidentiary weight. (As with a "decertified" decision of the California Supreme Court, they would be free to make the same arguments - they just can't mention that those arguments were in a signing statement.) Will you be seeking to enact such legislation in the near future?
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