Was There a Baby in the Bathwater? a Comment on the Supreme Court's Legislative Veto Decision*
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Examining the Supreme Court's recent decisions in the legislative veto case, Professor Strauss stresses the importance of a distinction no Justice observed between use of the veto in matters affecting direct, continuing, political, executive-congressional relations, and use of the veto in a regulatory context. Only the latter, he argues, had to be reached by the Court; and only the latter presents the constitutional dfficulties that troubled the Court. The utility of the veto in thepolitical context makes the opinions' sweep regrettable.
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