[Mo1]

His solution is no solution, as has been pointed out to you. SCOTUS already shot this one down

The reason it was shot down by the SCOTUS was because Congress makes the law .. not the President .. he signs it into law

That line items veto that was shot down was done on a technicality, because it didn't give Congress the final say before passing it into law

The new version for the line item veto would at least give it a chance to throw out the stupid pork spending without killing the whole Bill .. which is what I thought conservative voters were aiming at

[dirtboy]

The reason it was shot down by the SCOTUS was because Congress makes the law .. not the President .. he signs it into law

And what is Bush asking Congress to do?

Pass the law again. What is needed is a Constitutional amendment, not a law. So IMO he's not being serious here.

which is what I thought conservative voters were aiming at

Conservative voters would rather Bush not propose massive new spending programs and use his existing veto power more often against bloating spending bills.

[dirtboy]

The reason it was shot down by the SCOTUS was because Congress makes the law .. not the President .. he signs it into law

Not correct. From a Washpost article at the time:

In a 6 to 3 decision, the court held that the line-item veto law violates a constitutional requirement that legislation be passed by both houses of Congress and presented in its entirety to the president for signature or veto.

SCOTUS also basically found that Congress did not have the authority to give away any of its enumerated powers to the president. That could only be done by Amendment.

It was a 6-3 decision. One of the dissenters was O'Connor, who is gone. Even if Alito echoes her vote and Roberts joins the minority, it would still be 5-4. So no dice.