Veto (4991 bytes)
1: ...ilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. A veto thus gives unlimited power to stop changes, but n...
3: The veto originated with the [[Roman]] [[tribune]]s who ha...
7: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen]] may veto a law that has been given royal assent by the [[G...
11: ...e latter circumstance is referred to as a "pocket veto".
13: The [[legislative veto]], by which Congress had nullified certain exerci...

Legislative veto (2911 bytes)
1: A '''legislative veto''' exists in governments that separate [[Executiv...
4: The legislative veto had an interesting, but short-lived function in t...
8: ...ents. The ''legislative veto'' or ''congressional veto'' was first developed in context of the delegatio...
11: ...gress]] until relatively recently had applied the veto provisions to some action taken by the [[Presiden...
15: ...rt|Supreme Court]] held a one-House congressional veto to be unconstitutional as violating both the [[bi...

Liberum veto (2657 bytes)
1: '''Liberum veto''' ([[Latin]]: "free veto") was a parliamentary device in the [[Polish-Lith...
5: ...turely disrupted on the strength of the ''liberum veto'', by the [[Kyiv]] deputy, [[Adam Olizar]].
7: ...on for Sejm sessions to be broken up by ''liberum veto'', as the Commonwealth's neighbors — chiefl...
9: ...n in order to prevent its disruption by ''liberum veto''.
11: The ''liberum veto'' was abolished by the [[May 3rd, 1791, Constitut...

Liberum Veto (392 bytes)
1: ...y member of parliament could veto (latin: Liberum Veto) a law with a single vote.
5: ... from [[Latin]]: ''liberum'', unrestricted, and ''veto'', "I forbid".

Veto override (279 bytes)
1: ...ill into law despite the president's veto. The '''veto override''' is an example of [[checks and balance...

Pocket veto (1057 bytes)
1: A '''pocket veto''' is a legislative maneuver in [[United States|A...
2: ...ntil Congress adjourns is thus called a '''pocket veto'''.

Line-item veto (1300 bytes)
1: ...a bill, rather than only being able to approve or veto a bill in its entirety.
5: The line-item veto has been desired by most [[U.S. President]]s, in ...
7: ...] was briefly granted this power in the Line Item Veto Act of 1996. It was used once before [[U.S. Distr...
9: ...ates Constitution]] of [[1861]] allowed line item veto.

Rider (politics) (938 bytes)
1: ...ted States be so amended that the President could veto single objectionable items, without affecting the...

Tribune of the Plebs (724 bytes)
2: ...ibune of the Plebs by; taking away their power of veto, and making it illegal for them to bring laws bef...

Confederated sejm (585 bytes)
1: ... the generally destructive privilege of [[liberum veto]] did not apply.
7: * [[Liberum veto]]

Legislation (790 bytes)
17: * [[veto]]
18: * [[liberum veto]]

Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna de Kosielsko (952 bytes)
3: ...olla del Tindaro]]. This was the last time such a veto was used, as it was abolished by the newly electe...

Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1110 bytes)
1: ...tion of the [[Security Council]] and the right of veto that would be given to its permanent members.
3: ...ncisco Conference, where the [[Security Council]] veto powers were established.

Parliament (Fiji) (2129 bytes)
3: ...titution of Fiji|Constitution]] are excepted: the veto of the Senate is absolute. Following the passage ...

Phineas Freakears (1487 bytes)
5: ...stic, and will often veto, or at least attempt to veto, plans that conflict with his vision of how thing...

Verderer (365 bytes)
1: ...lso the watchdogs of the Forest landscape and may veto development and highways. In the [[1877]] [[New F...

Act of Congress (1555 bytes)
4: ...sideration by the Congress after a Presidential [[veto]] during its session.
8: ...ill dies and cannot be reconsidered (see [[pocket veto]]). In addition, if the President rejects a bill...

INS v. Chadha (1537 bytes)
5: ...ld that Congress could not exercise a legislative veto as it was a violation of the principles of [[bica...

Second Freedmen's Bureau Act (414 bytes)
1: ...s were unable to get enough votes to override the veto.

Governor of Maryland (2400 bytes)
9: ...tions bills. The state legislature can override a veto by three-fifths vote of the total number of membe...

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