The Supreme Court has ruled the line-item veto to be unconstitutional cause it voilates separation of powers..

Question

Do you agree that the veto violates separation of powers? Why?

Answer 1

Yes. The simple answer was summed up in the Supreme Court decision which is that "If Congress wants to give the president that power, they will have to pass a constitutional amendment." A bill is law. The constitution reserves that right to the Legislative Branch. While I, like many other people in this country hate the pork that is stuffed into spending bills, the constitution provides for only 2 options for the Executive Branch. The President can either sign the bill or veto it. Unfortunately, it is our pocketbooks that suffer the follies of our elected representatives.

Answer 2

Yes, because the Executive Branch is in essence editing the legislative bill before enacting it into law. This power (responsibility) is delegated to the Legislative Branch by the systems of checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution.

My only source is being a great bs artist, however, my answer is 100% correct and probably what Scalia said himself.

Answer 3

No. What they line item veto does is give the president to approve parts of a bill not some it. We could get rid of pork barrel spending and quit building 100,000 dollar bridges to nowhere. The line-item veto is feared because it might give the president too much power.