Presidential Signing Statements

Quasi-Judicial

short documents that the president of the united states may issue when signing a bill into law. presidents can use these documents for just about any purpose they choose — to describe a bill, to explain the bill’s purpose, to praise the bill’s sponsors, or to interpret particular provisions of the bill.

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