Whether it is legally toothed or toothless, it is still an example of the President using the bully pulpit to providing some visible leadership on a matter of principle. It would be nice to see more of this!
Well, it would be a much better use of the bully pulpit on a Monday than a Friday night. Unless he can sucker the Dems into taking the bait and launching into protracted howling, most Americans will never hear of this, and still believe that the loss of property rights from the Supreme Court's Kelo decision is still a potential threat to them.