Every indexed document

1972): President Nixon stated that a clause conditioning the use of authority by the

stated that the legislative veto ""will be regarded as invalid by

including those construing bills to avoid constitutional problems and those in

he would be constitutionally authorized to decline to enforce"" the constitutionally objectionable

the President has the constitutional authority to refuse to enforce

the opinion stated that ""at least in the context of legislation that

in this case the foreign relations authorization bill for

14 Op. O.L.C. 38 (1990) (preliminary print): This

stating that ""[u]nless the unconstitutionality of a statute is clear

and in such a case the Executive could decline to enforce the statute for that reason alone."" Id.

the Department's actions are fully consistent with the allocation of judicial power by the

it is the Constitution that dispenses with the operation of the statute.

meaning that the President and his subordinates ""may not lawfully defy an Act of

I believe that your recognition of these concurrent resolutions as

pursuant to a statutory legislative veto. The Attorney General•

and the vicious portion of it suffered to drop."" Id. at 469.

9 Op. Atry Gen. 462 (1860): In this opinion the Attorney General

the President has the authority to sign legislation containing desirable

we do not believe that a President is limited to choosing

in which he indicated his intention not to