Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

Clinton v. City of New York (1998)

Read a random definition: West Point

A quick definition of Clinton v. City of New York (1998):

Clinton v. City of New York is a court case where the Supreme Court said that the President couldn't change parts of a law without going through the whole process of making a new law. The Line Item Veto Act was a law that let the President say no to one part of a big law without saying no to the whole thing. But the Supreme Court said that this was against the rules in the Constitution. The Constitution says that a law has to go through all the steps in Congress before the President can say yes or no to the whole thing. The Line Item Veto Act would have let the President change the law without going through all the steps, and that's not allowed.

A more thorough explanation:

Clinton v. City of New York is a Supreme Court case that dealt with the Line Item Veto Act. This act allowed the President to veto a single appropriation or tax benefit within a large appropriation or tax bill without having to veto the entire bill. The act was intended to limit government spending.

However, the Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act was unconstitutional because it violated the Presentment Clause of the Constitution. This clause requires that a piece of legislation passed through both houses of Congress in its entirety before being signed or vetoed in its entirety by the President. By giving the President the discretion to accept or reject parts of the bill, the Act would have allowed the President to amend the laws that were presented, which would have gone against the Congressional purpose.

For example, if Congress passed a bill that included funding for a new highway and a tax break for small businesses, the President could veto the tax break without vetoing the entire bill. This would have given the President too much power to change laws without going through the proper legislative process.

In summary, Clinton v. City of New York struck down the Line Item Veto Act because it gave the President too much power to amend laws without going through the proper legislative process.

clerk | close corporation

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
this election has the potential to push america further into ultranationalist populism
Dkk
19:42
Maybe, didnt happen last time.
19:42
it was hard to not improve it. google search was terrible due to the ads and seo cheaters with buzz words and alt text
Dkk
19:42
SEO is big money
2016 pushed the conservative party into populism irreversibly
Dkk
19:43
Maybe, but if this is populism, then every election is populist.
19:43
@Dkk: yeah register 1 website and every swinging tom dick and harry calls/emails/texts to 'help with seo'. like bruh, if YOU found it, what i am doing is working
Dkk
19:43
Indeed!
19:48
wasp, i think people are hopeful for a gov who at least attempts to care about the common man
MIAMI A
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
TY
got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.