MITT ROMNEY I share the view of many past presidents that signing statements are an important presidential practice in fulfilling the constitutional obligation to take care that the laws -- which include the Constitution -- are faithfully executed.
"There was a constitutional obligation to legislate this offense, but it was not against the constitution to create an offense that was of no use," he said.
That is his constitutional obligation".
Politicians have a constitutional obligation to protect public education.
Providing poor defendants effective appointed counsel is more than a constitutional obligation.
But competent counsel is also a constitutional obligation of a defense lawyer.
The I.M.F. has a constitutional obligation to avoid making loans in which wishful thinking informs the repayment schedule.
"I believe personally we have a constitutional obligation, responsibility to do congressionally directed spending," Mr. Reid said.
What it really means: Notice how Obama has framed congressional support as optional, an inversion of constitutional obligation.
"I believe it's a false choice in America between one's faith and constitutional obligation," Mr. McGreevey said.
"Conducting the census is a vital constitutional obligation," Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House minority leader, said Thursday.
