Some time ago, on a popular forum, I predicted that George W. Bush would claim the unilateral power to appropriate money from the public treasury. It has now happened.
In a signing statement (not written by Bush, obviously), he has declared that the prohibition against using the resources of the US Treasury to build permanent military bases in Iraq violates his constitutional powers. In other words, he has proclaimed that the money appropriated by the Congress can be spent by the executive in any way it chooses.
We will be seeing articles of impeachment now. Right?
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