Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...believed the South to be such a permanent minority in need of protection. So he argued for a "concurrent majority" by which Government "regards interests as well as numbers," takes "the sense of each," and arrives at a solution acceptable to all. This process involved a kind of minority veto that led first to nullification and then to the tragedy of secession and civil war. In fact, the South is not a permanent minority; it has understood how to coalesce with other groups and, by using seniority in Congress, to frustrate the will of the majority...
...court's opinion was the assertion of its supremacy in all matters of the law. The Judiciary's power to interpret the law, the decision said, "can no more be shared with the Executive Branch than the Chief Executive, for example, can share with the Judiciary the veto power, or the Congress share with the Judiciary the power to override a presidential veto." Quoting directly from Chief Justice John Marshall's decision in Marbury v. Madison, the court said, "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is" with...
Some coal producers are still hoping that President Nixon will veto the strip-mining bill. Their lobbyists insist that any regulation at all would "discriminate against energy values." National Coal Association President Carl Bagge calls the House bill a disaster, claiming that it virtually "prohibits" mining in many Western areas. Industry spokesmen argue that the committee bill could reduce coal production by as much as one-third. Not so, counter the environmentalists: underground mining of Western coal is feasible and could be profitable...
Nixon has threatened to veto the whole bill because it contains a compromise provision aimed at limiting school busing to achieve racial balance. Nixon has indicated that he prefers a stronger stand against busing...
...majority of developing nations dictating maritime law to the minority of countries technologically capable of exploiting the seas." Other rich-country officials agree, though few care to state their feelings so bluntly. But no one denies that the large maritime nations, which still rule the seas, hold effective veto power on any decisions involving...