We had not only failed to take into account the ability of the Senate to delay us and obstruct us, but we had much too cavalierly underrated the power of the President, even a President who had lost his legislative majority and was in a certain amount of trouble for other reasons. I am speaking of the power of the veto. Even if you pass something through both the House and the Senate, there is that presidential pen. How could we have forgotten that? For me especially it was inexcusable, because when I was Republican whip during the Bush Administration one of my duties had been precisely to help sustain presidential vetoes.1. Item Veto (Davidson 297)
2. Legislative veto and the Congressional Review Act (more after the break)
Unilateral Power: Executive Actions -- CURRENT ISSUE OF EMERGENCY
Republican Senators are overthinking tomorrow’s vote on National Emergency. It is very simply Border Security/No Crime - Should not be thought of any other way. We have a MAJOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY at our Border and the People of our Country know it very well!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2019
Forms of executive action
- National security (Thurber 84-91)
- Executive orders
- Presidential proclamations
- National Emergencies Act: special powers (Thurber, pp. 83-84)
- National emergency
- Signing statements -- Trump examples
- Presidential memoranda and Trump examples
- Agency memoranda (DACA)
Courts can also undo actions. The case of DAPA -- US v. Texas\
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