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Originally Posted by Platapus
It should also be remembered that when President Obama signed this law, he also issued what is called a "signing statement" where he informed congress that he felt the law was unconstitutional and was an infringement on the powers of the Executive Branch.
In effect, he was saying that "yes it is a law, but I am not bound by it due to separation of powers". Unfortunately, signing statements have become common (too common) in the past 40 years.  |
On that, the President is on fairly solid legal grounds. The 30 day notification period is almost certainly an unconstitutional infringement of the President's power as commander-in-chief of all U.S. forces and his power to grant pardons.