Question

When George W. Bush claimed the prerogative to not enforce those portions of a bill that he deemed unconstitutional, he did so using a technique for extending executive power known as the:

Answer 1

The technique used by George W. Bush is known as signing statements, where the president claims the right to ignore or refuse to enforce laws deemed unconstitutional.

Step-by-step explanation:

The technique used by George W. Bush to extend executive power by claiming the prerogative to not enforce those portions of a bill that he deemed unconstitutional is known as signing statements.

In a signing statement, the president claims the right to ignore or refuse to enforce laws or parts of laws even after they have been enacted by Congress and signed into law by the president. This practice became more common during President Reagan's second term and escalated under President George W. Bush, who issued almost 1,200 signing statements in eight years.

President Bush justified his use of signing statements on the basis of the inherent power of the commander in chief and the unitary executive doctrine, which holds that the executive branch can overrule Congress and the courts based on the president's interpretation of the Constitution.