Clinton v. City of New York (1998)
Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001022
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 unconstitutional. The Court ruled that the Act violated the Presentment Clause of Article I of the Constitution, which requires the President to either sign or veto an entire bill. This decision affirmed that the President cannot unilaterally cancel specific provisions of a bill without vetoing the entire measure.
| Identifier | MLC-T-LAW-001022 |
|---|---|
| Field | Law |
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