Much commentary yesterday and today about the GAO report on presidential signing statements.
Slate reprints a comment from Dahlia Lithwick where she claims that the real problem with these statements doe not have to do with any dispute with a particular bill but "because Article II of the Constitution does not permit any interference with his 'power to supervise the unitary executive.' That's not an objection to some act of Congress. That's an objection to Congressional authority itself."
The clear intent of these statement, she claims is to minimize the ability of Congress to check the power of the executive.
