The Harbinger of the Unitary Executive? An Analysis of Presidential Signing Statements from Truman to Carter

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Signing Statements

The Politics of Credit in Presidential Signing Statements

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin A. Evans ◽  
Bryan W. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Signing Statements

scholarly journals Presidential Signing Statements and the Rule of Law as an “Unstructured Institution"

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Shane
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Signing Statements ◽  
History Of ◽  
Entire History ◽  
The Government ◽  
Signing Statement

The George W. Bush administration's use of signing statements embodied a disturbingly thin and formalist view of the rule of law that goes hand-in-hand with its vision of the separation of powers. Its signing statement practice was notable both for the extremity of the constitutional vision that these statements typically asserted—especially with regard to the so-called "unitary executive”—and with regard to their sheer volume, unmatched in the entire history of the executive. To understand the latter phenomenon, the Bush signing statements need to be understood not just as an expression of a constitutional philosophy, but also as an effort to institutionalize through faux law a highly presidential ethos as a fundamental element of the spirit with which the government conducts business.

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