Can we agree to eliminate the use of the autopen for signing laws, executive orders, pardons...
...and other official business of state?
Stick to using it for private correspondence, fund raising, and the like.
Replies to: Can we agree to eliminate the use of the autopen for signing laws, executive orders, pardons...
AI can sign it better already.
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Irrelevant to policymaking
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Ok. But can you agree?...at least going forward? Is this really a partisan issue?
Seemed like something we could all agree on. I guess I was wrong??? Are Democrats "pro-the-pen?"
Sure, who cares. It’s just a way for Trump to attack Biden.
All stupid and irrelevant. Every president - including this one - since the invention of the auto pen uses the auto pen.
So, you are pro-auto-pen. You think it is good to have laws & executive orders signed by a device?
Interesting. I just figured that was some common ground we could reach. I didn't realize Democrats thought it was important for the president to have the ability to not sign his executive orders or laws passed by Congress.
I wasn't making a point about Biden, or Obama (as far as I know, the only presidents to use auto-pen, but if you want to counter that, I'm open to more information in that regard). I wasn't trying to attack them. I was just asking if we could agree that in the abstract, as a general proposition, using an auto-pen opened the door to potential abuses, and couldn't we all agree that POTUS sign things personally...and maybe even with witnesses if possible.
Why are you provoking him?
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You’re ridiculous
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Link: You and your nutties have unreal expectations