Line Item Veto Act Unconstitutional Unt Digital Library Clinton v. city of new york, 524 u.s. 417 (1998), [1] was a landmark decision by the supreme court of the united states in which the court held, 6–3, that the line item veto, as granted in the line item veto act of 1996, violated the presentment clause of the united states constitution because it impermissibly gave the president of the united states the power to unilaterally amend or repeal. What the line item veto act does instead authorizing the president to "cancel" an item of spending is technically different. but the technical difference does not relate to the technicalities of the presentment clause, which have been fully complied with; and the doctrine of unconstitutional delegation, which is at issue here, is preeminently.
Line Item Veto Act Unconstitutional Clinton V City Of New York Unt The line item veto, sometimes called the partial veto, is a type of veto that would give the president of the united states the power to cancel an individual provision or provisions, called line items, in spending or appropriations bills without vetoing the entire bill. like traditional presidential vetoes, a line item veto could be overridden. Line item veto in the united states. A line item veto is a type of veto power that allows the executive to cancel specific parts of a bill (usually spending provisions) while signing into law the rest of the bill. while states give their governors a line item veto, the supreme court declared the federal line item veto unconstitutional in the landmark case of clinton v. The line item veto is a now defunct law that granted the president absolute authority to reject specific provisions, or "lines," of a bill sent to his desk by the u.s. house of representatives and the senate while allowing other parts of it to become law with his signature. the power of the line item veto would allow a president to kill parts.
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