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  • Fresh Air, May 9, 2006

  • By: Terry Gross
  • Length: 51 mins

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Fresh Air, May 9, 2006

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Summary

Journalist Charlie Savage and musician Romeo Stodart on this edition of Fresh Air. Charlie Savage's article in the April 30th edition of the The Boston Globe, "Bush challenges hundreds of laws: President cites powers of his office", has prompted Republican Senator Arlen Specter to call for June hearings to investigate the matter. Bush has yet to veto a bill from Congress. However, as Savage details in the article, the President has quietly used "signing statements" - official documents in which the president lays out his legal interpretation of a bill to be followed when implementing a new law. Other Presidents have also used this power, but Bush has used it far more: 750 times. In his signing statements, Bush has asserted the right to ignore numerous sections of bills. These bills have to do with torture, domestic spying, affirmative-action, "whistle-blower" protections, and immigration problems. Legal scholars say that Bush's assertions "represent a concerted effort to expand his powers at the expense of Congress, upsetting the balance between the branches of government."

British guitarist and vocalist Romeo Stodart is one quarter of the group The Magic Numbers. The other members are his sister Michele, and Sean and Angela Gannon (also siblings). In sound, they've been compared to early Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas. One reviewer writes "Cheerful as the harmonies are, the lyrics are full of betrayals and breakups." They released their debut album The Magic Numbers in the U.S. last year, and The New York Times called it "one of the year's best rock albums." (Broadcast Date: May 9, 2006)
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