- Article 1 Section 7 Clause 2 - Constitution Annotated
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law
- Interpretation: Article I, Section 7 | Constitution Center
The Clause provides that a bill can become a law only if, after passage by both Houses of Congress, it is presented to the President The President then has ten days either to sign the bill into law or reject the bill and return it to Congress with an explanation of his or her objections
- Enactment of Legislation - LII Legal Information Institute
The President is not restricted to signing a bill on a day when Congress is in session 1 He may sign within ten days (Sundays excepted) after the bill is presented to him, even if that period extends beyond the date of the final adjournment of Congress 2
- Article I, Section 07, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
Born out of the Western European Enlightenment, this concept theorizes that government has very distinct powers, namely, the executive, legislative, and judicial
- Article 1, Section 7, Clauses 2 and 3 - University of Chicago
The whole structure of our government is so entirely different, and the elements, of which it is composed, are so dissimilar from that of England, that no argument can be drawn from the practice of the latter, to assist us in a just arrangement of the executive authority
- Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2: Presentment Clause - Publius
The Presentment Clause outlines the process by which a bill becomes a law It must be approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and from there the most straightforward path to becoming law is for the President to sign the bill
- Article I, Section Seven - Constitutional Law Reporter
Clause 1: Any bill raising money (taxes) must begin in the House of Representatives, but the Senate must agree with it, just like any other bill Clause 2: When a bill passes both the House and the Senate, the bill goes to the President who must sign it to make it the law
- The Veto Power | U. S. Constitution Annotated | US Law | LII Legal . . .
The Presentment Clause allows the President to veto legislation, preventing it from taking effect unless two thirds of both the House and Senate vote to override the veto
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