{"id":2937,"date":"2018-08-06T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/06\/cnn-trump-supreme-court-pick-presidents-can-ignore-laws-they-think-are-unconstitutional\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:18:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:18:23","slug":"cnn-trump-supreme-court-pick-presidents-can-ignore-laws-they-think-are-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/cnn-trump-supreme-court-pick-presidents-can-ignore-laws-they-think-are-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN: Trump Supreme Court pick: Presidents can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">According to a new report, Judge Kavanaugh said in 2013 that the president can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional and he defended the Bush administration&#39;s use of signing statements. We already know Kavanaugh would fail to be an independent check on the president. Now, we see why Republicans are trying to hide Kavanaugh&#39;s records from senators and the American people. What else are they trying to hide?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/06\/politics\/brett-kavanaugh-president-ignore-laws-unconstitutional\/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1533679438648000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEBDqpr3rxSYlfHMsGt0I_2pdg_Eg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/06\/politics\/brett-kavanaugh-president-ignore-laws-unconstitutional\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>: Trump Supreme Court pick: Presidents can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional<\/p>\n<p>By Manu Raju<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2013 asserted that it&#39;s a &#8220;traditional exercise&#8221; of presidential power to ignore laws the White House views as unconstitutional, as he defended the controversial practice of signing statements prevalent in George W. Bush&#39;s White House.<\/p>\n<p>The comments could put a renewed focus on Kavanaugh&#39;s time serving as White House staff secretary, who had a role in coordinating Bush&#39;s statements accompanying legislation he signed into law. Critics contend that the Bush White House abused the use of signing statements to ignore laws passed by Congress, though Bush and his allies said such statements were no different than the practices of other administrations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/06\/politics\/brett-kavanaugh-president-ignore-laws-unconstitutional\/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1533679438648000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEBDqpr3rxSYlfHMsGt0I_2pdg_Eg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/06\/politics\/brett-kavanaugh-president-ignore-laws-unconstitutional\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MORE<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new report, Judge Kavanaugh said in 2013 that the president can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional and he defended the Bush administration&#39;s use of signing statements. We already know Kavanaugh would fail to be an independent check on the president. Now, we see why Republicans are trying to hide Kavanaugh&#39;s records <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CNN: Trump Supreme Court pick: Presidents can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/cnn-trump-supreme-court-pick-presidents-can-ignore-laws-they-think-are-unconstitutional\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-06T22:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:18:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/cnn-trump-supreme-court-pick-presidents-can-ignore-laws-they-think-are-unconstitutional\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/cnn-trump-supreme-court-pick-presidents-can-ignore-laws-they-think-are-unconstitutional\/\",\"name\":\"CNN: Trump Supreme Court pick: Presidents can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional - 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