Jimmy Carter actually said...

I want to emphasize my view, and that of the Attorney General, that section 508 is unconstitutional.

I consider this to be an unacceptable derogation of the President's executive authority and responsibility.

I think for any public official who has authority to say that there's an emergency... would naturally tend to cause excessive reaction.

I have signed H.R. 6671, the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980.