POL203Y5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pocket Veto, Ultimatum Game
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The veto power makes the president powerful because it allows the president to influence his/her preference in legislation. This is done through a threat of a veto, using the veto or a pocket veto. The presidential veto was to achieve contradictory goals; to install a check on the legislative abuses but to deny the executive unilateral authority. Gerarld ford served less than one full term but vetoed 67, only 12 were override. When dealing with an opposition congress, presidents use their veto authority, the veto offers a clear self enforcing means of asserting their preference. The constitution grants the president the authority to veto legislation passed by congress. The framers failed to see how a skilled political could use the threat of this to manipulate congress expectations about the likely result of their legislation and to insert policy preferences at the early stage of the process.
