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Legislative veto

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002996

A provision in a law that allows a legislative body to overturn an action taken by the executive branch without passing new legislation. The U.S. Supreme Court declared most forms of the legislative veto unconstitutional in INS v. Chadha, finding it violated the Presentment Clause.

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IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002996
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002996",
  "term": "Legislative veto",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A provision in a law that allows a legislative body to overturn an action taken by the executive branch without passing new legislation. The U.S. Supreme Court declared most forms of the legislative veto unconstitutional in INS v. Chadha, finding it violated the Presentment Clause.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/legislative-veto/"
}

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