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87 Nw. U. L. Rev. 735 (1992-1993)
President's Veto and the Constitution

handle is hein.journals/illlr87 and id is 755 raw text is: Copyright 1993 by Northwestern University, School of Law Northwestern University Law Review Printed in U.S.A. Vol. 87. No. 3 ARTICLES THE PRESIDENT'S VETO AND THE CONSTITUTION Michael B. Rappaport * I. INTRODUCTION ........................................... II. THE IMPLICIT SELECTIVE VETO ........................... A. The Argument for the Implicit Selective Veto ........... B. The Structure of the Argument Against the Implicit Selective Veto ......................................... C. Resolving the Ambiguity in Bill ..................... 1. Arguments for a Restricted Definition .............. 2. Arguments Against a Restricted Definition .......... (a) The Convention's Understanding of Bill ..... (b) The Adequacy of the President's Powers to Resist Tacking: A Comparison with the Senate's Powers as to Revenue Bills ............ (c) The Residual Presentment Clause: I ............ (d) The Residual Presentment Clause: II ........... (e) The Inappropriateness of the Single Subject Rule as a Rule of Law ......................... D. The Restricted Definition Results in a Prohibition on Measures Containing Multiple Bills Rather than a Selective Veto ......................................... 1. T ext ............................................... 2. H istory ............................................ 3. The Nature of the Legislative Process .............. 4. Implications from the Use of Revision to Describe the Veto Power .................................... E. The Historical Meaning of Bill ...................... III. THE POWER TO APPROVE AND NOT ENFORCE AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILL ................................. A. Presidential Review ................................... B. Approval of an Unconstitutional Bill ................... 736 738 738 741 742 743 746 746 747 752 753 754 756 757 757 758 760 762 766 767 771 * Assistant Professor, University of San Diego School of Law. J.D. 1985, D.C.L. 1990, Yale Law School. The author would like to thank Larry Alexander, Akhil Amar, Bradford Clark, Lynne Dallas, John Harrison, Gary Lawson, John McGinnis, and Erela Katz Rappaport for their assistance.

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