legislative veto

American  

noun

1. a veto exercised by a legislature nullifying or reversing an action, decision, etc., of the executive branch.

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Etymology

Origin of legislative veto

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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legislative veto

Newsom signaled through a series of legislative veto messages this fall that he anticipated “lower-than-expected revenues” and wanted the Legislature to “remain disciplined when it comes to spending.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

But that system has been a dead letter ever since the Supreme Court ruled a similar legislative veto unconstitutional in INS v.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2019

In cases involving the constitutionality of the legislative veto, deficit-reduction legislation, independent counsel investigations of high-ranking executive officials, and race preferences in broadcasting, the Senate counsel defended Congress’ institutional prerogatives before the Supreme Court.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2014

This term the court ruled forcefully in an unusually large number of major cases, most notably by striking down Congress's asserted right to exercise a legislative veto of Executive Branch actions.

From Time Magazine Archive

That meant, in the end, that the British Government still possessed the leverage for recovering the powers of legislative initiative and legislative veto.

From Home Rule Second Edition by Harold Spender