The presidential veto : touchstone of the American presidency
著者
書誌事項
The presidential veto : touchstone of the American presidency
（SUNY series in leadership studies）
State University of New York Press, c1988
- : pbk
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注記
Bibliography: p. 159-171
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This is the first modern study of the veto. In addition to tracing the genesis and historical evolution from Ancient Rome, through the ultimate inclusion in the Constitution, it also explores the veto's consequences for modern presidents. In doing so, Spitzer promotes a key argument about the relation between the veto power and the Presidency — namely, that the rise of the veto power, beginning with the first Chief Executive, is symptomatic of the rise of the strong modern Presidency, and has in fact been a major tool of Presidency-building.
A special and revealing irony of the veto power is seen in the finding that, despite its monarchical roots and anti-majoritarian nature, the veto has become a key vehicle for presidents to appeal directly to, and on behalf of, the people. Thus, the veto's utility for presidents arises not only as a power to use against Congress, but also as a symbolic, plebiscitary tool.
目次
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
1 The Creation of the Veto
Antecedents of the veto
The English tradition
The veto in America
The federal convention
Conclusion
2 Evolution of the Veto Power
The first vetoes
The Jacksonian veto
Harrison and the Tyler crisis
Polk and the maturing veto
The end of the veto controversy
Conclusion
3 The Modern Veto
A summary assessment
Empirical assessments
Central clearance and the enrolled bill process
Private bills and the veto
The veto in the hands of modern presidents
Two cases
The veto threat
Conclusion
4 The Pocket Veto
How the pocket veto works
What did the founders know, and when did they know it?
Evolution of the pocket veto
Persisting pocket veto ambiguities
Must presidents explain pocket vetoes?
When does the ten-day period begin?
Conclusion
5 The Item Veto Controversy
Definition
Background
Would the founders have approved?
Evolution of the clamor for the item veto
The item veto and the budget process
Porkys, two?
The gubernatorial item veto as a model
The potency of existing veto powers
Other powers that mimic the item veto
What constitutes an item?
Conclusion: Things are seldom what they seem. . .
6 Conclusion
From monarch to plebiscitarian
The veto: Power and symbol
Appendix
Notes
References
About the Author
Index
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