Monday, December 03, 2007
Vetoed
The Judicial Council ruled on the veto issue:
In summation, the Judicial Council asserts that the veto powers conferred to the ASUC President under Article II, Section 2, Clause B of the Constitution grants him the power to retroactively veto all Senate legislative actions, i.e. all bills passed by the Senate, regardless of the bills content, such that the veto is issued within the seven (7) day timeframe. This means that all bills are legislative actions. It also means that the veto is retroactive, which means the bill takes effect upon passage, and then untakes effect upon being vetoed. The opinion notes the conflict between this and the possibility of irreversible harm occurring if a bill takes effect and then is vetoed later. They argue that this would be in conflict with the spirit of the veto power, and point it out, though they make no indication of what would happen if such a situation arose.
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