| From Chapter: Separation of Powers in Domestic Affairs What is a legislative veto? |
| A practice whereby Congress grants the president the discretionary authority to take actions or make policy, but retains the right to cancel such presidential actions if Congress has objections to them. This ''veto'' may be exercised by either house of Congress or even by an appropriate congressional committee. The Supreme Court held the legislative veto unconstitutional in INS v. Chadha (1983). |