veto

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• Great-Power unanimity rule
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    In United Nations: Security Council

    …the five permanent members holding veto power. In practice, however, a permanent member may abstain without impairing the validity of the decision. A vote on whether a matter is procedural or substantive is itself a substantive question. Because the Security Council is required to function continuously, each member is represented…

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• interpretation by Sanford
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    In Edward T. Sanford

    …opinion was in the “Pocket Veto” case, in which he ended a 140-year-old dispute by ruling that the president has 10 calendar, rather than legislative, days to act on a bill before the adjournment of Congress.

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• pocket veto
  • In pocket veto

    …is automatically vetoed, and the veto is absolute. The latter action is referred to as a pocket veto.

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• role in checks and balances
  • In checks and balances

    …and balances include the presidential veto of legislation (which Congress may override by a two-thirds vote) and executive and judicial impeachment by Congress. Only Congress can appropriate funds, and each house serves as a check on possible abuses of power or unwise action by the other. Congress, by initiating constitutional…

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• role of Congress
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    In Congress of the United States

    …is that of signing or vetoing proposed legislation. The president’s veto may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of each chamber of Congress; nevertheless, the influence of the president’s potential power may extend to the procedures of Congress. The possibility that a bill may be vetoed gives the president some…

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• United Nations
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    In United Nations: History and development

    Security Council veto power (among the permanent members) was affirmed, though any member of the General Assembly was able to raise issues for discussion. Other political issues resolved by compromise were the role of the organization in the promotion of economic and social welfare; the status of…

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use by presidents of the U.S.

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  In presidency of the United States of America: Duties of the office

  …to approve or reject (veto) bills passed by Congress, though Congress can override the president’s veto by summoning a two-thirds majority in favour of the measure.

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• Cleveland
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    In United States: Grover Cleveland’s first term

    …claims to be ill-founded, he vetoed the bill. He was the first president to use the veto power extensively to block the enactment of this type of private legislation.

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• Jackson
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    In The Rise of Andrew Jackson

    …the innovative use of the veto power. He earned plaudits for quashing a serious sectional threat to the American Union in the Nullification crisis of 1833, but his controversial program to relocate southeastern Indians to regions west of the Mississippi River, a policy known as Indian removal, evoked the condemnation…

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    In The Rise of Andrew Jackson: Vetoes

    …Jackson’s novel application of the veto in general. American dissatisfaction with the veto as an instrument of executive power dated from the colonial period when royal governors had broadly used their authority to strike down legislation and discipline colonial assemblies. The feeling persisted during and after the American Revolution. By…

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