Purpose of This Website
The purpose of this website is to provide free convenient access -- for the entire world -- to verifiable text of presidential signing statements and the laws to which they apply.
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Items of Original Authorship
There are four items of original authorship on this website: (i) the FAQs page; (ii) the entire page titled "About This Website;" (iii) the annotations following each signing statement; and (iv) the "News About Signing Statements" feature, including the archived news items. You must have my prior express permission to reproduce, publish, post, or (especially) to modify these materials.
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