Trumps signing statement on Russia sanctions leaves an open door for not implementing them at all

[TheBlackAdder]

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed bipartisan legislation to slap more sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea — but a signing statement the president issued could undermine the efforts of Congress to punish those countries.

Andrew Rudalevige, a professor of government at Bowdoin College and author of The New Imperial Presidency, told Raw Story the language used in Trump’s statement leaves open some room for interpretation of how the law will be carried out.

“The question of implementation (‘faithful execution of the law’) is always at issue with signing statements,” the professor explained. “He is certainly claiming the right to implement sections of the bill ‘in a manner consistent with the President’s constitutional authority to conduct foreign relations,’ which certainly leaves an open door for not implementing them at all – though I haven’t matched up the sections of the bill cited with that language.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/trumps-signing-statement-on-russia-sanctions-leaves-an-open-door-for-not-implementing-them-at-all-professor/


Trump = Fucking Traitor


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[lapfog_1]

1. Hence the phone call to pootie-poot before announcing that he signed it. - n/t

[Gothmog]

2. Trump will be sued if he tries this