Laying It on the Line: A Dialogue on Line Item Vetoes and Separation of Powers
dc.contributor.author | Rubenfeld, Jed | |
dc.contributor.author | Powell, H. | |
dc.date | 2021-11-25T13:34:40.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-26T11:44:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-26T11:44:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-01-01T00:00:00-08:00 | |
dc.identifier | fss_papers/4176 | |
dc.identifier.citation | H Jefferson Powell & Jed Rubenfeld, Laying It on the Line: A Dialogue on Line Item Vetoes and Separation of Powers, 47 DUKE LJ 1171 (1997). | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 4112244 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/3640 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this Dialogue, constitutional pundits Confident and Doubtful debate the Line Item Veto Act of 1996. They wrangle about the application of the Article I, § 7 process to the Act, the relevance of the legislative bargaining process to its constitutionality, and the merits of formalism and functionalism. As Confident becomes No-Longer-So- Confident, Doubtful proposes a way to reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable "formalist" and "functionalist" Supreme Court decisions. Marshalling the constitutional text for support, Doubtful argues that the Court should take a checks and balances approach to congressional delegations of power to the executive, while maintaining a rigorous separation of powers review of Article I powers. At the time of the writing of this Dialogue, the Line Item Veto Act was, as the prologue indicates, awaiting a pronouncement from the Supreme Court. In Clinton v. City of New York, the Act was invalidated. However, the Dialogue stands not only as a strong dissent to the majority's opinion in that case, but as a powerful argument for a new conception of formalism and functionalism. | |
dc.title | Laying It on the Line: A Dialogue on Line Item Vetoes and Separation of Powers | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Faculty Scholarship Series | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-11-26T11:44:35Z | |
dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/4176 | |
dc.identifier.legacyfulltext | https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5178&context=fss_papers&unstamped=1 |