Clinton v. City of New York

E649400

United States Supreme Court case landmark constitutional law case separation of powers case

Clinton v. City of New York is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the federal Line Item Veto Act as unconstitutional, reinforcing the Constitution’s requirements for how federal laws must be enacted.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark constitutional law case ⓘ separation of powers case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ federal separation of powers ⓘ legislative process ⓘ
arguedDate	1998-04-27 ⓘ
citation	118 S. Ct. 2091 ⓘ 141 L. Ed. 2d 393 ⓘ 524 U.S. 417 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Anthony Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article I, Section 1 ⓘ Article I, Section 7, Presentment Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedBy	Rehnquist Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionDate	1998-06-25 ⓘ
defendant	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissentBy	David Souter NERFINISHED ⓘ John Paul Stevens (in part) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
docketNumber	97-1374 ⓘ 97-1438 ⓘ
effect	limited presidential power to cancel individual spending items ⓘ
fullCaseName	William J. Clinton, President of the United States, et al. v. City of New York, et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ
holding	The Line Item Veto Act violates the Presentment Clause of the U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ The President may not unilaterally amend or repeal parts of duly enacted statutes ⓘ
joinedMajority	Anthony Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ William Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ
lawStruckDown	Line Item Veto Act of 1996 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ
plaintiff	City of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Snake River Potato Growers, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedentFor	interpretation of the Presentment Clause ⓘ limits on statutory delegation to the President ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Balanced Budget Act of 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Line Item Veto Act declared unconstitutional ⓘ
shortDescription	U.S. Supreme Court case striking down the federal line-item veto as unconstitutional ⓘ
term	October Term 1997 ⓘ
yearDecided	1998 ⓘ

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