Round-Up

Much ado about presidential signing statements today in the wake of an ABA task force report on their use. For more details on the report, see Lyle’s earlier post here or see this article by the Boston Globe’s Charlie Savage.

As can be seen here, the editorial page of the New York Times endorses the recommendations in the ABA report and voices its disapproval of the way President Bush has used them.

As Lyle previously mentioned, Senator Specter has proposed a bill that would allow litigation over such statements. The Washington Post carries an AP story about the bill, which is expected to be formally introduced later this week, here.

Orin Kerr has thoughts on Senator Specter’s op-ed in support of his other major bill, dealing with the NSA wiretapping program, here.

Moving away from topics that Senator Specter is directly invovled with, Julie Hilden has a post here at Findlaw commenting on how the Justices dealt with Buckley in their recent Vermont campaign finance decision.