The Presidential VetoSUNY Press, 9. avg. 1988 - 181 strani This is the first modern study of the veto. In addition to tracing the genesis and historical evolution from Ancient Rome, through the ultimate inclusion in the Constitution, it also explores the veto s consequences for modern presidents. In doing so, Spitzer promotes a key argument about the relation between the veto power and the Presidency namely, that the rise of the veto power, beginning with the first Chief Executive, is symptomatic of the rise of the strong modern Presidency, and has in fact been a major tool of Presidency-building. A special and revealing irony of the veto power is seen in the finding that, despite its monarchical roots and anti-majoritarian nature, the veto has become a key vehicle for presidents to appeal directly to, and on behalf of, the people. Thus, the veto s utility for presidents arises not only as a power to use against Congress, but also as a symbolic, plebiscitary tool. |
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The Creation of the Veto | 1 |
The English tradition | 3 |
The veto in America | 8 |
The federal convention | 10 |
Conclusion | 22 |
Evolution of the Veto Power | 25 |
The first vetoes | 27 |
The Jacksonian veto | 33 |
Persisting pocket veto ambiguities | 108 |
Must presidents explain pocket vetoes? | 115 |
When does the tenday period begin? | 116 |
Conclusion | 117 |
The Item Veto Controversy | 121 |
Definition | 122 |
Background | 123 |
Evolution of the clamor for the item veto | 126 |
Harrison and the Tyler crisis | 39 |
Polk and the maturing veto | 53 |
The end of the veto controversy | 59 |
Conclusion | 67 |
The Modern Veto | 71 |
Empirical assessments | 75 |
Central clearance and the enrolled bill process | 78 |
Private bills and the veto | 81 |
The veto in the hands of modern presidents | 83 |
Two cases | 94 |
The veto threat | 100 |
The Pocket Veto | 105 |
What did the founders know and when did they know it? | 106 |
Evolution of the pocket veto | 107 |
The item veto and the budget process | 129 |
Porkys two? | 132 |
The gubernatorial item veto as a model | 134 |
The potency of existing veto powers | 138 |
What constitutes an item? | 140 |
Things are seldom what they seem | 141 |
Conclusion | 143 |
power and symbol | 145 |
APPENDIX | 147 |
NOTES | 153 |
REFERENCES | 159 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 173 |
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