POLI 4020 Lecture 3: WEEK 5
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John marshall distinguished between important subjects and more details: separation of powers, legislature important subjects, executive more details, congress must provide intelligible principles to the executive branch, congress has plenary (almost absolute) power over immigration. The commission was tasked with creating sentencing guidelines for all federal offenses. It was to be part of the judicial branch, and members were to be appointed by the president and approved by the senate: mistretta was convicted of 3 counts of selling cocaine, and sentenced under the guidelines. While congress cannot generally delegate its law-making powers to another branch, this was more of a matter of congress containing assistance from other branches. Line item veto: clinton v. city of ney york. In 1998, congress passed a number of laws, one of which was a line item veto for the president: the law was initially challenged by 6 us senators.
