POL_S 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Commerce Clause, Pork Barrel, William Rehnquist
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Various scotus cases: congress delegated the authority to review permanent residency applications to the. Immigration naturalization service (ins: the immigration and nationality act provided for a legislative veto. In other words, congress reserved the right to veto the agency"s decisions: one house veto: a majority of either the house or senate could veto the ins"s decision. Jagdish chadha sought permanent residence in the united states after his temporary visa expired. In 1996 congress passed the line item veto act: allowed the president to veto portions of legislation passed by congress without vetoing the legislation in its entirety. Intended to reduce the negative effects of pork barrel spending (in 1996) 44 states allowed their government to exercise this power. Gonzales v raich 2005: the controlled substances act of 1970 prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and possession of marijuana. I(cid:374) 1996, (cid:272)alifor(cid:374)ia (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:448)oter i(cid:374)itiati(cid:448)e passed the (cid:272)o(cid:373)passio(cid:374)ate a(cid:272)t legalizi(cid:374)g . S. c. rules 6-3 that it has the power.
