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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 1225129" data-attributes="member: 45230"><a href="http://adamgoldfein.com/selective-enforcement-of-the-law/" target="_blank">Selective Enforcement of the Law - Adam Goldfein</a>&nbsp; Presidential rewriting of the text&nbsp; of laws was found to be unconstitutional in 1998. In the U.S. Supreme&nbsp; Court case Clinton v. New York, the court found that the Line Item Veto&nbsp; Act of 1996 was unconstitutional. The court said,&quot;If this Act were&nbsp; valid, it would authorize the President to create a law whose text was&nbsp; not voted on by either House or presented to the President for&nbsp; signature.&quot; Basically, it violates the basic separation of powers&nbsp; afforded under the constitution. The president cannot create a law. That&nbsp; is exclusively the power of congress.Presidential&nbsp; rewriting of the text of laws was found to be unconstitutional in 1998.&nbsp; In the U.S. Supreme Court case Clinton v. New York, the court found&nbsp; that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 was unconstitutional. The court&nbsp; said, “If this Act were valid, it would authorize the President to&nbsp; create a law whose text was not voted on by either House or presented to&nbsp; the President for signature.” Basically, it violates the basic&nbsp; separation of powers afforded under the constitution. The president&nbsp; cannot create a law. That is exclusively the power of congress.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 1225129, member: 45230"] [URL="http://adamgoldfein.com/selective-enforcement-of-the-law/"]Selective Enforcement of the Law - Adam Goldfein[/URL] Presidential rewriting of the text of laws was found to be unconstitutional in 1998. In the U.S. Supreme Court case Clinton v. New York, the court found that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 was unconstitutional. The court said,"If this Act were valid, it would authorize the President to create a law whose text was not voted on by either House or presented to the President for signature." Basically, it violates the basic separation of powers afforded under the constitution. The president cannot create a law. That is exclusively the power of congress.Presidential rewriting of the text of laws was found to be unconstitutional in 1998. In the U.S. Supreme Court case Clinton v. New York, the court found that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 was unconstitutional. The court said, “If this Act were valid, it would authorize the President to create a law whose text was not voted on by either House or presented to the President for signature.” Basically, it violates the basic separation of powers afforded under the constitution. The president cannot create a law. That is exclusively the power of congress. [/QUOTE]

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