ABA to investigate whether Bush violating constitution

The ABA has decided to investigate Bush:

WASHINGTON -- The board of governors of the American Bar Association voted unanimously yesterday to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that have been enacted since he took office.

Meeting in New Orleans, the board of governors for the world's largest association of legal professionals approved the creation of an all-star legal panel with a number of members from both political parties.

They include a former federal appeals court chief judge, a former FBI director, and several prominent scholars -- to evaluate Bush's assertions that he has the power to ignore laws that conflict with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Frankly, I don't think there's any serious question that he's exceeding his constitutional authority and violating the law. Nevertheless, since he will probably be successful in blocking any court from rendering a decision on this, a clear unambiguous statement from the ABA would be helpful even though it has no force of law nor official imprimator.