Specter to Challenge Bush's Signing Statements:

According to the Associated Press, Republican Senator Arlen Specter (PA) has announced that he intends to take Bush to court over the "signing statements" the President has attached to numerous bills related to national security:

“We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will … authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president’s acts declared unconstitutional,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said on the Senate floor.

Specter has been frustrated for months over Bush's attempts to castrate the congress. According to American Bar Association President Michael Greco, over 800 statutes have been tainted by the process, thus acheiving a level higher than all other presidents combined.

The question at this point is whether Bush's power exceeds that of the strongest members of his own party within the senate.