While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in Afghanistan, Djibouti, Iraq, the Philippines and west Africa defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world”—the ostensibly pro-State sovereignty—Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush signs the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2006, nullifying state tort statutes regarding negligence pertaining to listed drugs and vaccines. The act also strips Federal courts of their jurisdiction to hear Habeas Corpus petitions filed on behalf of detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.
NOTE: The 2004 Republican Party Platform contained the following passages:
Our leaders must make sure that the growth of the federal government remains in check.
We must maintain our commitment to free and fair trade, lower taxes, limited regulation, and a limited, efficient government that keeps up with the new realities of a changing world.
We endorse creating a commission to evaluate discretionary spending on federal agencies and programs to ensure that taxpayer funds are being used for the best, most efficient purposes. Such a commission would determine whether certain programs are duplicative, wasteful or inefficient, outdated or irrelevant, or failed. It would recommend to Congress programs that could be terminated, moved, or restructured to make the government more efficient.
[added 1/28/2024]
Republican President George W. Bush signs the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2006, requiring the president to transmit to CONgress “uncensored and without delay” scientific information from Federal agencies when requested.
NOTE: Afterward Bush issued a signing statement claiming portions of the act violate the president’s Constitutional jurisdiction, and declares his intentions to execute those portions of that are consistent with his understanding of the Constitution.
[restored 1/28/2024] Thanks to Bill Holmes, Jim Lorenz and Chuck McGlawn for this entry.
Republican President George W. Bush signs the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, requiring the president to transmit to CONgress “uncensored and without delay” scientific information from Federal agencies when requested.
NOTE: Afterward Bush issued a signing statement asserting his prerogative to disregard the statute if he determines that compliance would harm foreign policy, national security, or the normal operations of the executive branch.
[added 1/28/2024] Thanks to Bill Holmes, Jim Lorenz and Chuck McGlawn for this entry.
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Statement on Signing the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
www.presidency.scsb.eds/ws/index.php?pid=65260#axzz1q0AT8OQA
George W. Bush: Statement on Signing the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006
www.presidency.scsb.eds/ws/index.php?pid=65259#ixzz1q63b9bE6
Supremes Consider Kangaroo Courts
marjoriecohn.com/supremes-consider-kangaroo-courts/
Detainee Treatment Act – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detainee_Treatment_Act
Bush Shuns Patriot Act Requirement
www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/signstatements_box.htm
Examples of the president’s signing statements – The Boston Globe.mht
www.Boston.com/news/nation/articles/2015/04/30/examples_of_the_presidents_signing_statements/
200606095331 – 23055.pdf – pdf2html
pdfdl.oceighty.net/pdf2html.php?srl=http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf
Supremes Consider Kangaroo Courts
marjoriecohn.com/supremes-consider-kangaroo-courts/