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Lyndon Johnson: “Its enactment would represent a fundamental encroachment on one of the great principles of the American Constitutional…”

On the recordAugust 20, 1965
Its enactment would represent a fundamental encroachment on one of the great principles of the American Constitutional system--the separation of powers between the Legislative and Executive branches.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Veto of the Military Authorization Bill.

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