1.6 Principles of American Government Flashcards
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Clinton v. New York (1998)
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a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 was unconstitutional. The act allowed the president to veto specific parts of bills (line items) without vetoing the entire legislation, which the Court determined violated the Presentment Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 7). The clause requires that bills passed by Congress be presented in their entirety to the president, who must either sign the bill into law or veto it in full. The ruling held that the line-item veto effectively allowed the president to exercise legislative power, which was a violation of the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches.
