[AppyPappy]

Bush cannot win this. He will alienate his base and prove he is untrustworthy as a conservative. If he signs this, how do we know he won't sign a tax increase or some other liberal legislation to pander to the liberals or the media?

[Congressman Billybob]

I thoroughly agree with you that Bush has made himself out to be a liar and an enemy of the Constitution, on Shays-Meehan. Bush deserves to be pilloried for signing this bill.

I will do all in my power to have this law declared unconstitutional. I expect my colleagues and I to succeed in getting that result from the Supreme Court in about May, 2003. I will do that not because it will save Bush's bacon, but despite that result.

The Constitution and the future of the American people requires that this law be killed. The House has failed. The Senate has failed, The President has failed. Now it is my job to go to war as a lawyer and defend the Constitution. If I fail, I will resign as a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court. (Regardless of what others do or don't do, I take the Constitution seriously.)

Congressman Billybob