BernieSandersIsGod
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Sun Jun-26-11 05:38 PM
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I always thought the POTUS electronically signed legislation when he was abroad |
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Sun Jun-26-11 05:43 PM
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BernieSandersIsGod
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Sun Jun-26-11 05:53 PM
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2. How can't he have access to something like UPS or Fed EX? That would seem to be common sense. |
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You sign some type of electronic pad and it goes onto the legislation. This needs to happen in the future. The technology is already available.
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Igel
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Sun Jun-26-11 07:43 PM
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4. That, at least, would be better. |
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Once used it's a precedent. That it temporally decouples the act of approving from the actual signing allows for some weirdness.
I can imagine the following:
President is sick, near death. Important legislation is passed and he tells his subordinate to use the autopen to sign.
He dies a minute later.
Would the use of the autopen posthumously be acceptable? What if the subordinate didn't actually have the legislation signed--would that be a perversion of presidential authority? Or what if the president *didn't* authorize its use, but a subordinate used it anyway?
Or what if a president says he'll sign something after it's approved but he dies on the way to the WH to do the signing. The claim is that the signature is just a consequence of the mental and verbal permission. In this case, would the use of the autopen be permitted? What if he changes his mind after making the announcement--is his verbal approval irrevocable?
What if he announces that he'll sign and authorizes the use of the autopen. Before the subordinate can employ it, the president changes his mind--but since he's abroad, he can't reach the subordinate in the 5 minutes before he actually uses it. Permission was given; it was revoked; then the signature was affixed.
So much easier when there's a tenth of a second and 3 feet between assent and signing instead of an hour and 3000 miles.
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Sun Jun-26-11 06:43 PM
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3. Doesn't the VP take over when the President is out of the country? |
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Sun Jun-26-11 08:54 PM
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Sun Jun-26-11 09:18 PM
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6. I think you're confusing the administration with the mortgage industry... |
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Sun Jun-26-11 10:02 PM
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7. I'm still pissed that he signed the damn bill back into law. What happened to waiting 5 |
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days before signing any legislation?
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