Vain the requirement of the National Constitution, that the President “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” Vain that other requirement, that a bill approved by two thirds of both Houses over his veto “shall become a law.” His veto is perpetual; nor is it limited to any special enactment.
Sumner critiques the President's perpetual veto power as undermining constitutional requirements for law execution.
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