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Originally posted by Rick Lee
Oh, but we are talkng about the past because Bush did not invent executive orders and to the best of my knowledge, has used far fewer of them than many of his predecessors.
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Not only didn't anyone claim Bush invented signing statements, the thread-starting post states that fact.
As for other presidents approaching Dubya's record number of signing statements, You'd need to add all of them together to surpass GWB's number. And the number of direct constitutional challenges is much higher under Dubya.
Here is a good discussion on the topic:
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20060113.html