Tag: Presidential Reference
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Governor’s Power to Reserve a Re-Enacted Bill for Presidential Assent: Supreme Court’s Presidential Reference Ruling
Overview: The Presidential Reference and the Core Issue The Supreme Court recently addressed a pivotal constitutional question in a Presidential Reference: when a governor returns a bill to the Legislature and the Legislature re-enacts it, does the governor retain the option to reserve the re-enacted bill for the President’s assent? The Court’s opinion confirms that…
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Governor Can Reserve Bill Passed Again By Assembly For President’s Assent: Supreme Court in Presidential Reference
Understanding the Supreme Court’s Presidential Reference Ruling The Supreme Court recently delivered an important ruling in a Presidential Reference that has implications for the balance of power between the state government and the Union government in matters of lawmaking. At the core of the decision is whether a Governor may reserve a bill for the…