Topic: Pocket Veto

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Waterboarding For Everyone!
Episode 164 1:51:01 - 1:55:39

164: Waterboarding For Everyone!

Obama's First Veto, Memorandum of Disapproval, and Constitutional Tricks

President Obama exercised his first veto on a military spending bill, but did so using a confusing "memorandum of disapproval." Legal scholars in the Huffington Post suggest this maneuver mimics controversial Bush-era practices and creates a "constitutional can of worms." The hosts struggle to find a clear analysis of whether the veto was a technicality or a strategic move to protect specific provisions like the Patriot Act.