«In our Constitutional system of government,» Phillies said, «there is no room for a President to disobey the law. A President who feels a law is unconstitutional has one legal path: He seeks a ruling from the courts. That’s why they’re there. A President who refuses to obey our laws by issuing ‘signing statements’ has only one objective: He is trying to exercise one-man-rule of our country; in short, he wants to become the American dictator.

«I am saddened to see a Libertarian candidate who proposes to go against our Constitution,» Phillies said. «My opponent Wayne Root proposes to shrink our budget by using ‘impoundment,’ a process found nowhere in the checks and balances of our Constitution. I agree there are precedents for his proposal, notably the vast number of George Bush ‘signing statements.’ But Bush signing statements are just announcements that George Bush and his cabinet cronies are plotting to break the law. Those are bad precedents that we Libertarians should reject.

«In contrast, if elected, I will obey the law of the land. That starts with the Constitutional duty of the President to see that our laws are faithfully executed, even the ones he does not like. To end the Federal overspending that will reduce our grandchildren to debt slavery, I will use the Presidential veto and the bully pulpit of the White House. However, I will not open the door for future Presidential tyrants who think they, not our system of laws, are the supreme law of our land.»