Improving the Policymaking Process by Protecting the Separation of Powers

When the legislative veto was declared unconstitutional, many predicted that the executive branch would gain power in the making of public policy at the expense of Congress. This article challenges that forecast. Examining the legislative response with respect to education statutes, which contained some of the strongest legislative veto provisions, the author concludes it did not diminish congressional power but did lead Members to be more attentive to fulfilling their representative functions

Economics · Enumerated powers · Executive branch · Law and economics · Legislative process · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Separation of powers · Statute · Veto · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Public Administration