HIST 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: War Powers Resolution, Pocket Veto, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
14 Oct 2016
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Members from each chamber meet to reconcile differences in the two bills (cid:173) make them into a single bill. (cid:173) Both chambers vote on final version of the bill. President can sign the bill into law, veto bill, or pocket veto. They can also issue a signing statement, which is a written comment issued by a president at the time of signing legislation. Controversial statements involve presidents claiming that they intend to ignore parts of a law that they consider unconstitutional. Warren court: very liberal court that ruled from 1953 to 1969. Baker v. carr: main issue = reapportionment. Tennessee had not redrawn its congressional districts since 1901. Urban congressional districts had fewer representatives(less voting power) than rural districts. 89% of the population received less than 50% of the representation. Scotus requires electoral districts to be apportioned according to population, m aking each district roughly equal in population. Reapportionment:t heprocessbywhichcongressionaldistrictsareredrawnand seats are redistributed among states in the house.
