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DELEGATE CHABOT: Mr. Chairman, other Delegates
can express better than I why it is humorous or sad that
this amendment comes up after the material that we have been
through and I am quite sure that some of the Delegates will
make such comments, so I will just speak to the merits of
this proposal.
The duty to sign or veto bills is one that is
both extraordinary and commonplace.
It is extraordinary because it is it is a clear
exercise of the legislative power by the Chief Executive,
and we recognize that it is extraordinary when we hedge about
ttie many details. In less than half the states, we permit
the people to exercise a similar power by referendum, but
there, too, in almost every case, it is hedged about with
many restrictions, because it involves overruling the work
of the elected representatives of the people.
I suggest, Mr. Chairman, that this is not a power
to be lightly tossed about.
At the same time, it is commonplace because in
49 states the Chief Executive has this duty, and, since the
adoption of our Federal Constitution, the United States* |
