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Signing of H.J. Res. 124
This opinion determines that President Bush needs not sign H.J. Res. 124 in handwriting to signify his approval the bill, but can rather direct an aide to affix the President’s signature to it, since the word “sign” is expansive enough to include the meaning of “cause the bill to bear the President’s signature.” The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at https://justice.gov/olc/page/file/936271/download.
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