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What 1996 law did the US Supreme Court declare unconstitutional because it gave the President inappropriate power?
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Clinton v. City of New York, 524 US 417 (1998)
The US Supreme Court held that The Line Item Veto Bill of 1996, unilaterally authorizing the President to strike new, direct spending provisions from appropriation bills (bills that required the federal government to fund a new program or activity), was unconstitutional under the Presentment Clause (Article I, Section 7, Clauses 2 and 3).
In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Stevens, the Court held the President could only sign or veto a legislative package in its entirety. If the President objects to any part of the bill, he can return it to Congress and allow them to deliberate over, and address, the objections.
Congress erred in passing the bill under the "nondelegation doctrine" that states Congress can't assign its powers to the President.
Article I, Section 7
All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.
Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.
Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.
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