The Court Case of Clinton v. The City of New York

There have been many, many court cases throughout the history of the United States. One important case that I believe to be important is the court case of Clinton v. New York. This case involves more than just President Bill Clinton, the City of New York; it involved Snake River Farmers’ as well. This case mostly resolves around the president’s power of the line item veto. In 1996 President Bill Clinton signed the Line Item Veto Act into law. This would allow the president to get rid of a part of a bill and not disapprove the entire bill. The first time that President Clinton used this power he used it to refine the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, he got rid of a part of the bill that waived the Federal Governments statutory right to get back or receive $2.6 billion in taxes that were levied by the City of New York. President Clinton also line item vetoed a section of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 this wouldn’t allow certain food processors and refiners to sell their stock to farmers to defer the recognition of capital gains. This is when the Snake River Farmers’ and City of New York went after Clinton for doing so this is where the case of Clinton v. The City of New York originated from. In this case there were constitutional issues that were raised, major arguments presented, and the final ruling from the Supreme Court.

The case of Clinton v. City of New York brought about some constitutional issues like whether or not the president should be able to have the kind of power that he does. The Snake River Farmers’ believe that President Clinton, actually any president shouldn’t be allowed the power to delete a portion of any bill. I believe that it is okay for the President to have some sort of power. The question has been brought ...

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...Item Veto? This type of veto is still around today, and is still used.

The final outcome to the case of Clinton v. The City of New York was very surprising to many different people. The constitutional issues that were brought up was that with the Line Item Veto Act the President had was too much power. Many arguments were brought up in the Supreme Court from both the majority and the dissenting sides. The whole case being ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and then coming to a mooted pointed to this day. I believe that tis ruling was incorrect in the fact that the majority should feel good that they had received the rest of the bill. President Clinton could have just disapproved and vetoed the whole bill, but he didn’t he just got rid of the part he believed that is wasn’t needed. It’s in this fact I believe the case should have been ruled constitutional.