Word: vetoes
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Though such posturing may now be commonplace in American politics, the spectacle of a group of legislators voting "no" on a measure that they wouldn't veto if they had the power to do so still raises questions. What were they thinking...
...President's desk by July 1. He can kill it or send it on, in toto, to Congress, but he cannot pick it apart. Congress can accept it by taking no action, or reject it by resolution of both houses, a move subject to a presidential veto. Given the cutbacks in defense spending and the need to close down some bases, the pressure to approve the commission's final list is likely to be overwhelming...
...demanding a minority veto...
...never stood for a minority veto. To oversimplify it, what we think is that if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get 100% of the power: you get 51% of the power...
...five city-council members, each voter would have five votes. That measure, says Guinier, would allow black voters to cast all their ballots for a black candidate, consolidating their power. Dozens of communities, mainly in Alabama, have already used such schemes. A more drastic remedy would be a "minority veto," which would allow judges to give black legislators the power to veto a measure by the majority in situations where proposals by minority legislators have been consistently thwarted...