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

Such a limit, established in advance, seems crucially different from a legislative veto, since it does not need to be triggered by a special congressional vote.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, between ourselves, I don't know where modern journalism, in some of its ferocious phases, is going to stop, unless it stops at a legislative veto.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar