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Mike Levin: This lawsuit, we should be clear, tests a particular version of the line-item veto that is in that bill. What the court…

On the recordApril 10, 1997
This lawsuit, we should be clear, tests a particular version of the line-item veto that is in that bill. What the court held, and what our lawyers argued, and what we feel passionately is that once the President of the United States affixes his signature to a bill, that is the law of the land. Four magic words: 'Law of the land.' When that becomes the law of the land, it cannot be repealed unilaterally by the President or by us. It must be repealed according to the Constitution. That is the fundamental, bedrock, black letter constitutional law, which the court affirmed today. It is pleasing to us that the court did so.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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Discussing a historic lawsuit regarding the line-item veto and its constitutional implications.

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