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If you have the power to approve or reject a bill, then the power to approve, reject, OR ALTER the bill is a stronger power, not a weaker one. In this case, a
by fermata 7y ago
If you have the power to approve or reject a bill, then the power to approve, reject, OR ALTER the bill is a stronger power, not a weaker one. In this case, a vastly stronger one.
- mcphage 7y agoIt turns out, yes, and that’s why these are illegal. But if you argue that vetoing a bill means vetoing every line of it, then vetoing almost every line is a weaker process—like “I can’t carry this whole pile up the stairs, so I’ll carry a few things up at a time” becomes “I can’t reject this whole bill, so I’ll reject just part of it”. But as we see, that argument doesn’t really hold up.