ins chadha argued february decided june section immigration nationality act act authorizes either house congress resolution invalidate decision executive branch pursuant authority delegated congress attorney general allow particular deportable alien remain chadha alien lawfully admitted nonimmigrant student visa remained visa expired ordered immigration naturalization service ins show cause deported applied suspension deportation hearing immigration judge acting pursuant act authorizes attorney general discretion suspend deportation ordered suspension reported suspension congress required thereafter house representatives passed resolution pursuant vetoing suspension immigration judge reopened deportation proceedings chadha moved terminate proceedings ground unconstitutional judge held authority rule constitutionality ordered chadha deported pursuant house resolution chadha appeal board immigration appeals dismissed board also holding power declare unconstitutional chadha filed petition review deportation order appeals ins joined arguing unconstitutional appeals held violates constitutional doctrine separation powers accordingly directed attorney general cease taking steps deport chadha based upon house resolution held jurisdiction entertain ins appeal provides ny party may appeal judgment holding act congress unconstitutional civil action suit proceeding agencies party appeals purposes proceeding civil action suit proceeding ins agency party proceeding judgment held act congress unconstitutional moreover purposes deciding whether ins party within grant appellate jurisdiction ins sufficiently aggrieved appeals decision prohibiting taking action otherwise take agency status aggrieved party altered fact executive may agree holding statute question unconstitutional pp section severable remainder section act provides particular provision act held invalid remainder act shall affected gives rise presumption congress intend validity act whole part thereof depend upon whether veto clause invalid presumption supported legislative history moreover provision presumed severable remains severance fully operative law survive fully operative workable administrative mechanism without veto pp chadha standing challenge constitutionality since demonstrated injury fact substantial likelihood judicial relief requested prevent redress claimed injury duke power carolina environmental study group pp fact chadha may statutory relief available preclude challenging constitutionality especially avenues relief speculative pp appeals jurisdiction act provides petition review appeals shall sole exclusive procedure judicial review final orders deportation made aliens within pursuant administrative proceedings act section includes matters final deportation order contingent rather determinations made deportation hearing chadha deportation stands falls validity challenged veto final deportation order entered implement veto pp case controversy presented cases time house formal intervention concrete adverseness prior intervention adequate art iii adverseness even though parties ins chadha ins agreement chadha position alter fact ins deported absent appeals judgment moreover congress proper party defend validity statute government agency defendant charged enforcing statute agrees plaintiffs statute unconstitutional pp cases present nonjusticiable political question asserted ground chadha merely challenging congress authority naturalization necessary proper clauses constitution presence constitutional issues significant political overtones automatically invoke political question doctrine resolution litigation challenging constitutional authority one three branches evaded courts simply issues political implications pp congressional veto provision unconstitutional pp prescription legislative action art requiring legislative powers vested congress consisting senate house representatives requiring every bill passed house senate becoming law presented president disapproves repassed senate house represents framers decision legislative power federal government exercised accord single finely wrought exhaustively considered procedure procedure integral part constitutional design separation powers pp action taken house pursuant essentially legislative purpose effect thus subject procedural requirements art legislative action passage majority houses presentation president veto operated overrule attorney general mandate chadha deportation veto legislative character confirmed character congressional action supplants absent veto provision neither house senate acting together effectively require attorney general deport alien attorney general exercise legislatively delegated authority determined alien remain without veto provision achieved legislation requiring deportation veto one house justified attempt amending standards set repeal applied chadha nature decision implemented veto manifests legislative character congress must abide delegation authority attorney general delegation legislatively altered revoked finally veto legislative character confirmed fact framers intended authorize either house congress act alone outside prescribed bicameral legislative role narrowly precisely defined procedure action constitution pp together house representatives immigration naturalization service et senate immigration naturalization service et certiorari burger delivered opinion brennan marshall blackmun stevens joined powell filed opinion concurring judgment post white filed dissenting opinion post rehnquist filed dissenting opinion white joined post eugene gressman reargued cause petitioner briefs stanley brand michael davidson reargued cause petitioner briefs elizabeth culbreth charles tiefer solicitor general lee reargued cause immigration naturalization service cases briefs assistant attorney general olson deputy solicitor general geller deputy assistant attorney general simms edwin kneedler david strauss thomas sargentich alan morrison reargued cause jagdish rai chadha cases brief john cary fn antonin scalia richard smith david ryrie brink filed brief american bar association amicus curiae urging affirmance briefs amici curiae filed robert eckhardt certain members house representatives paul rosenthal counsel administrative law federal bar association chief justice burger delivered opinion granted certiorari nos postponed consideration question jurisdiction presents challenge constitutionality provision immigration nationality act stat amended authorizing one house congress resolution invalidate decision executive branch pursuant authority delegated congress attorney general allow particular deportable alien remain chadha east indian born kenya holds british passport lawfully admitted nonimmigrant student visa visa expired june october district director immigration naturalization service ordered chadha show cause deported remained longer time permitted app pursuant immigration nationality act act deportation hearing held immigration judge january chadha conceded deportable overstaying visa hearing adjourned enable file application suspension deportation act section time question provided hereinafter prescribed section attorney general may discretion suspend deportation adjust status alien lawfully admitted permanent residence case alien applies attorney general suspension deportation deportable law except provisions specified paragraph subsection physically present continuous period less seven years immediately preceding date application proves period person good moral character person whose deportation opinion attorney general result extreme hardship alien spouse parent child citizen alien lawfully admitted permanent residence pursuant act immigration judge suspended chadha deportation report suspension transmitted congress section provides upon application alien found attorney general meet requirements subsection section attorney general may discretion suspend deportation alien deportation alien suspended provisions subsection complete detailed statement facts pertinent provisions law case shall reported congress reasons suspension reports shall submitted first day calendar month congress session case alien specified paragraph subsection subsection session congress case reported prior close session congress next following session case reported either senate house representatives passes resolution stating substance favor suspension deportation attorney general shall thereupon deport alien authorize alien voluntary departure expense order deportation manner provided law within time specified neither senate house representatives shall pass resolution attorney general shall cancel deportation proceedings december representative eilberg chairman judiciary subcommittee immigration citizenship international law introduced resolution opposing granting permanent residence six aliens including chadha res sess cong rec resolution referred house committee judiciary december resolution discharged consideration house committee judiciary submitted house representatives vote cong rec resolution printed made available members house prior time voted ibid far record us shows house consideration resolution based representative eilberg statement floor feeling committee reviewing cases aliens contained resolution chadha five others meet statutory requirements particularly relates hardship opinion committee deportation suspended ibid house veto attorney general decision allow chadha remain immigration judge reopened deportation proceedings implement house order deporting chadha chadha moved terminate proceedings ground unconstitutional immigration judge held authority rule constitutional validity november chadha ordered deported pursuant house action chadha appealed deportation order board immigration appeals contending unconstitutional board held power declare unconstitutional act congress chadha appeal dismissed app pursuant act chadha filed petition review deportation order appeals ninth circuit immigration naturalization service agreed chadha position appeals joined arguing unconstitutional light importance question appeals invited senate house representatives file briefs amici curiae full briefing oral argument appeals held house without constitutional authority order chadha deportation accordingly directed attorney general cease desist taking steps deport alien based upon resolution enacted house representatives essence holding violates constitutional doctrine separation powers granted certiorari nos postponed consideration jurisdiction appeal affirm ii address important question constitutionality veto provision first consider several challenges authority resolve issue raised appellate jurisdiction party may appeal interlocutory final judgment decree order district district canal zone district guam district virgin islands record puerto rico holding act congress unconstitutional civil action suit proceeding agencies officer employee thereof officer employee party motions dismiss ins appeal congressional parties direct attention however statement party receives sought generally aggrieved judgment affording relief appeal deposit guaranty national bank roper ins sought invalidation appeals granted relief houses contend ins already received sought appeals aggrieved party therefore appeal decision appeals agree ins ordered one house congress deport chadha set fully supra ins concluded power rule constitutionality order accordingly proceeded implement chadha appeal challenged decision ins presented executive views constitutionality house action appeals ins brief appeals alter agency decision comply house action ordering deportation chadha appeals set aside deportation proceedings ordered attorney general cease desist taking steps deport chadha steps attorney general taken decision least purposes deciding whether ins party within grant appellate jurisdiction hold ins sufficiently aggrieved appeals decision prohibiting taking action otherwise take apparent congress intended take notice cases meet technical prerequisites cases act congress held unconstitutional federal review available writ certiorari agency party case act congress administers held unconstitutional aggrieved party purposes taking appeal agency status aggrieved party altered fact executive may agree holding statute question unconstitutional appeal therefore properly us severability recently reaffirmed invalid portions statute severed nless evident legislature enacted provisions within power independently buckley valeo quoting champlin refining corporation oklahoma however need embark elusive inquiry since congress provided answer question severability immigration nationality act note following provides particular provision act application thereof person circumstance held invalid remainder act application provision persons circumstances shall affected thereby emphasis added presumption severability veto provision supported legislative history section precursors supplanted pattern dealing deportations like chadha basis private bills although may congress reluctant delegate final authority cancellation deportations reluctance sufficient overcome presumption severability raised immigration act ch stat required secretary labor deport alien entered remained unlawfully means deportable alien lawfully remain status altered private bill enacted houses presented president pursuant procedures set art constitution private bills found intolerable congress debate bill introduced representative dies authorize secretary grant permanent residence meritorious cases dies stated original thought way handle meritorious cases special bills absolutely convinced result occurred house impossible deal situation special bills demonstration fact long ago special bills house house consumed hours considering four bills made disposition bills cong rec congress first authorized attorney general suspend deportation certain aliens alien registration act ch stat act provided alien deported despite attorney general decision contrary houses concurrent resolution disapproved suspension congress amended act broaden category aliens eligible suspension deportation addition however congress limited authority attorney general suspend deportations providing attorney general cancel deportation unless houses affirmatively voted concurrent resolution approve attorney general action act july ch stat provision approval concurrent resolution act proved almost burdensome private bills one year later house judiciary committee support predecessor stated report light experience last several months committee came conclusion requirement affirmative action houses congress many thousands individual cases submitted attorney general every year workable places upon congress particularly committee judiciary responsibilities assume new responsibilities placed upon committee judiciary concurrent resolution mechanism purely administrative nature seriously interfere legislative work committee judiciary time interfere legislative work house provision presumed severable remains severance fully operative law champlin refining corporation supra doubt fully operative workable administrative machinery without veto provision entirely independent veto administrative process enacted congress authorizes attorney general suspend alien deportation congress oversight exercise delegated authority preserved since suspensions continue reported absent passage bill contrary deportation proceedings canceled period specified expired clearly survives workable administrative mechanism without veto standing alternative relief urged two intervening factors constitute prudential bar consideration constitutional question presented cases see ashwander tva brandeis concurring perceive merit contention might well seek avoid deciding constitutional claim advanced avenues relief speculative means certain example chadha classification immediate relative result adjustment chadha status nonimmigrant permanent resident see menezes ins chadha successful present challenge deported automatically become eligible apply citizenship person threatened deportation denied right challenge constitutional validity process led status merely basis speculation availability forms relief jurisdiction cheng fan kwok ins held embrace determinations made proceeding conducted including determinations made incident motion reopen proceedings true one read cheng fan kwok preclude appeals similar chadha see dastmalchi ins however agree appeals cases term final orders includes matters validity final order contingent rather determinations actually made hearing chadha deportation stands falls validity challenged veto final order deportation entered chadha implement action house representatives although attorney general satisfied house action invalid effect decision suspend deportation appropriately let controversy take course courts decision cheng fan kwok supra bar chadha appeal order deportation entered affected alien requested ins stay execution order request denied alien sought review appeals holding appeals lacked jurisdiction based fact alien attack deportation order instead sought relief inconsistent quoting mui esperdy contrast chadha directly attacks deportation order relief seeks cancellation deportation plainly inconsistent deportation order accordingly appeals jurisdiction decide cases case controversy case controversy presented cases first time congress formal intervention see supra concrete adverseness beyond doubt congress proper party defend constitutionality proper petitioner second prior congress intervention adequate art iii adverseness even though parties ins chadha already held ins agreement appeals decision unconstitutional affect agency aggrieved status purposes appealing decision see supra similar reasons ins agreement chadha position alter fact ins deported chadha absent appeals judgment agree appeals chadha asserted concrete controversy decision real meaning rule chadha deported uphold ins execute order deport course may prudential opposed art iii concerns sanctioning adjudication cases absence participant supporting validity appeals properly dispelled concerns inviting accepting briefs houses congress long held congress proper party defend validity statute agency government defendant charged enforcing statute agrees plaintiffs statute inapplicable unconstitutional see cheng fan kwok ins lovett political question brief review factors may indicate presence nonjusticiable political question satisfies us assertion jurisdiction cases violence political question doctrine identified baker carr political question may arise one following circumstances present textually demonstrable constitutional commitment issue coordinate political department lack judicially discoverable manageable standards resolving impossibility deciding without initial policy determination kind clearly nonjudicial discretion impossibility undertaking independent resolution without expressing lack respect due coordinate branches government unusual need unquestioning adherence political decision already made potentiality embarrassment multifarious pronouncements various departments one question baker factors likewise inapplicable case discuss fully art provides judicially discoverable manageable standards baker resolving question presented cases standards forestall reliance nonjudicial policy determinations showing disrespect coordinate branch similarly chadha arguments accepted stand since constitutionality statute resolve possibility multifarious pronouncements question correct controversy may sense termed political presence constitutional issues significant political overtones automatically invoke political question doctrine resolution litigation challenging constitutional authority one three branches evaded courts issues political implications sense urged congress marbury madison cranch also political case involving claims judicial commission alleged duly signed president delivered courts reject law suit bona fide controversy whether action denominated political exceeds constitutional authority baker carr supra field clark addressed resolved question whether bill signed speaker house representatives president senate presented approved president delivered latter secretary state act passed congress become law fact passed congress recognize one hand duty performance may shrink give full effect provisions constitution relating enactment laws operate wherever authority jurisdiction extend hand unmindful consequences must result feel obliged fidelity constitution declare enrolled bill depend public private interests vast magnitude deposited public archives act congress become law emphasis original contentions standing justiciability fully examined satisfied parties properly us important issues fully briefed twice argued see duty cases chief justice marshall declared cohens virginia wheat clear questions may occur gladly avoid avoid exercise best judgment conscientiously perform duty iii turn question whether action one house congress violates strictures constitution begin course presumption challenged statute valid wisdom concern courts challenged action violate constitution must sustained meaning enactment discerned constitutionality determined judicial process comes end sit committee review vested power veto tva hill since first veto provision enacted law congressional procedures inserted different statutes follows five statutes affected nineteen statutes statutes year least one hundred provisions included laws abourezk congressional veto contemporary response executive encroachment legislative prerogatives ind rev justice white undertakes make case proposition veto useful political invention post need challenge assertion even concede utilitarian argument although longrange political wisdom invention arguable vigorously debated instructive compare views protagonists see javits klein congressional oversight legislative veto constitutional analysis rev martin legislative veto responsible exercise congressional power rev policy arguments supporting even useful political inventions subject demands constitution defines powers respect subject sets powers exercised explicit unambiguous provisions constitution prescribe define respective functions congress executive legislative process since precise terms familiar provisions critical resolution cases set verbatim article provides legislative powers herein granted shall vested congress shall consist senate house representatives art emphasis added every bill shall passed house representatives senate shall becomes law presented president art cl emphasis added every order resolution vote concurrence senate house representatives may necessary except question adjournment shall presented president shall take effect shall approved disapproved shall repassed two thirds senate house representatives according rules limitations prescribed case bill art cl emphasis added presentment clauses decision provide president limited qualified power nullify proposed legislation veto based profound conviction framers powers conferred congress powers carefully circumscribed beyond doubt lawmaking power shared houses president federalist lodge ed hamilton focused president role making laws even propensity ever discovered legislative body invade rights executive rules reasoning theoretic propriety teach us one left mercy possess constitutional effectual power president role lawmaking process also reflects framers careful efforts check whatever propensity particular congress might enact oppressive improvident measures president veto role legislative process described later public debate ratification establishes salutary check upon legislative body calculated guard community effects faction precipitancy impulse unfriendly public good may happen influence majority body primary inducement conferring power question upon executive enable defend secondary one increase chances favor community passing bad laws haste inadvertence design federalist supra hamilton president representative people members senate house may times subjects president elected people rather representative members either body legislature whose constituencies local countrywide myers supra bicameralism despotism comes mankind different shapes sometimes executive sometimes military one danger legislative despotism theory practice proclaim legislative authority restrained neither liberty stability restrained dividing within distinct independent branches single house check inadequate one virtue good sense compose farrand shall finally accumulate single body important prerogatives sovereignty thus entail upon posterity one execrable forms government human infatuation ever contrived thus create reality tyranny adversaries new constitution either affect solicitous avert federalist lodge ed public bodies like private persons occasionally dominion strong passions excitements impatient irritable impetuous legislature feels check rarely firmness insist upon holding question long enough view see mark bearings relations society story supra republican government legislative authority necessarily predominates remedy inconveniency divide legislature different branches render different modes election different principles action little connected nature common functions common dependence society admit federalist lodge ed sometimes attributed hamilton madison generally attributed madison however familiar useful recall apart fear special interests favored expense public needs framers also concerned although one mind apprehensions smaller feared commonality interest among larger work disadvantage representatives larger hand skeptical legislature pass laws favoring minority people see farrand need hardly repeated great compromise one house viewed representing people allayed fears large small see therefore framers acutely conscious bicameral requirement presentment clauses serve essential constitutional functions president participation legislative process protect executive branch congress protect whole people improvident laws division congress two distinctive bodies assures legislative power exercised opportunity full study debate separate settings president unilateral veto power turn limited power houses congress overrule veto thereby precluding final arbitrary action one person see emerges clearly prescription legislative action art represents framers decision legislative power federal government exercised accord single finely wrought exhaustively considered procedure iv constitution sought divide delegated powers new federal government three defined categories legislative executive judicial assure nearly possible branch government confine assigned responsibility hydraulic pressure inherent within separate branches exceed outer limits power even accomplish desirable objectives must resisted although hermetically sealed one another buckley valeo powers delegated three branches functionally identifiable branch acts presumptively exercising power constitution delegated see hampton executive acts presumptively acts executive administrative capacity defined art ii one house congress purports act presumptively acting within assigned sphere beginning presumption must nevertheless establish challenged action kind procedural requirements art apply every action taken either house subject bicameralism presentment requirements art see infra nn whether actions taken either house law fact exercise legislative power depends form upon whether contain matter properly regarded legislative character effect examination action taken one house pursuant reveals essentially legislative purpose effect purporting exercise power defined art cl establish uniform rule naturalization house took action purpose effect altering legal rights duties relations persons including attorney general executive branch officials chadha outside legislative branch section purports authorize one house congress require attorney general deport individual alien whose deportation otherwise canceled veto operated cases overrule attorney general mandate chadha deportation absent house action chadha remain congress acted action altered chadha status legislative character veto cases confirmed character congressional action supplants neither house representatives senate contends absent veto provision either acting together effectively require attorney general deport alien attorney general exercise legislatively delegated authority determined alien remain without challenged provision achieved legislation requiring deportation similarly veto one house congress justified attempt amending standards set repeal applied chadha amendment repeal statutes less enactment must conform art nature decision implemented veto cases manifests legislative character long experience clumsy private bill procedure congress made deliberate choice delegate executive branch specifically attorney general authority allow deportable aliens remain country certain specified circumstances disputed choice delegate authority precisely kind decision implemented accordance procedures set art disagreement attorney general decision chadha deportation congress decision deport chadha less congress original choice delegate attorney general authority make decision involves determinations policy congress implement one way bicameral passage followed presentment president congress must abide delegation authority delegation legislatively altered revoked finally see framers intended authorize either house congress act alone outside prescribed bicameral legislative role narrowly precisely defined procedure action four provisions constitution explicit unambiguous one house may act alone unreviewable force law subject president veto house representatives alone given power initiate impeachments art cl senate alone given power conduct trials following impeachment charges initiated house convict following trial art cl senate alone given final unreviewable power approve disapprove presidential appointments art ii cl senate alone given unreviewable power ratify treaties negotiated president art ii cl clearly draftsmen sought confer special powers one house independent house president explicit unambiguous terms carefully defined exceptions presentment bicameralism underscore difference legislative functions congress unilateral important binding acts provided constitution exceptions narrow explicit separately justified none authorize action challenged contrary provide support conclusion congressional authority implied conclusion veto provided authorized constitutional design powers legislative branch since clear action house within express constitutional exceptions authorizing one house act alone equally clear exercise legislative power action subject standards prescribed art bicameral requirement presentment clauses president veto congress power override veto intended erect enduring checks branch protect people improvident exercise power mandating certain prescribed steps preserve checks maintain separation powers carefully defined limits power branch must eroded accomplish attempted one house congress case requires action conformity express procedures constitution prescription legislative action passage majority houses presentment president veto authorized doubtless many respects convenient shortcut sharing executive congress authority aliens manner face appealing compromise purely practical terms obviously easier action taken one house without submission president crystal clear records convention contemporaneous writings debates framers ranked values higher efficiency records convention debates preceding ratification underscore common desire define limit exercise newly created federal powers affecting people unmistakable expression determination legislation national congress deliberate deliberative process choices discern made constitutional convention impose burdens governmental processes often seem clumsy inefficient even unworkable hard choices consciously made men lived form government permitted arbitrary governmental acts go unchecked support constitution decisions proposition cumbersomeness delays often encountered complying explicit constitutional standards may avoided either congress president see youngstown sheet tube sawyer obvious flaws delay untidiness potential abuse yet found better way preserve freedom making exercise power subject carefully crafted restraints spelled constitution hold congressional veto provision severable act unconstitutional accordingly judgment appeals affirmed footnotes constitutional terms veto used describe president power art constitution see black law dictionary ed appears however congressional devices type authorized come commonly referred veto see martin legislative veto responsible exercise congressional power rev miller knapp congressional veto preserving constitutional framework ind refer congressional resolution authorized veto attorney general decision allow particular deportable alien remain clear whether house generally subcommittee chairman eilberg particular correctly understood relationship res attorney general decision suspend chadha deportation exactly one year previous house veto attorney general decision case representative eilberg introduced similar resolution disapproving attorney general suspension deportation case six aliens res sess following colloquy occurred floor house wylie speaker reserving right object procedure expedite ongoing operations department justice far people concerned way contrary whatever action attorney general taken question deportation gentleman know eilberg speaker answer gentleman final question aliens found deportable special inquiry officer decision denying suspension deportation reversed board immigration appeals complying law since decisions referred us approval disapproval hundreds cases category six cases however believe grossly improper allow people acquire status permanent resident aliens wylie words gentleman working attorney general office eilberg yes wylie bill fact confirmation attorney general intends eilberg gentleman correct insofar relates determination deportability made department justice cases wylie speaker withdraw reservation objection cong rec nine members house representatives disagree position taken briefs filed senate house representatives filed brief amici curiae urging decision appeals affirmed case senate house authorized intervention case res res sess february filed motions intervene petitioned rehearing appeals granted motions intervene houses therefore proper parties within meaning term see batterton francis addition meeting statutory requisites course appeal must present justiciable case controversy art iii controversy clearly exists two cases presence two houses congress adverse parties see infra see also director owcp perini north river associates case deem appropriate address questions severability first see buckley valeo jackson without provision veto congress presumably retain power time allotted enact law accordance requirements art constitution mandating particular alien deportation unless course constitutional principles place substantive limitations action cf attorney general jackson attack sess bill require attorney general deport individual alien attorney general called bill historical departure unbroken american practice tradition first time act congress singled named individual deportation pt reprinting jackson letter june see infra without veto resembles report wait provision approved sibbach wilson statute examined sibbach provided newly promulgated federal rules civil procedure shall take effect shall reported congress attorney general beginning regular session thereof close session act june ch stat statute provide congress unilaterally veto federal rules rather gave congress opportunity review rules became effective pass legislation barring effectiveness rules found objectionable technique used congress acted stay ultimately revise proposed rules evidence compare act mar pub stat act pub stat depending ins interprets statutory duty apart challenged portion chadha status may retroactively adjusted permanent resident december last session congress attempted stop suspension chadha deportation ripening cancellation deportation see event chadha waiting period become citizen act elapsed third circuit reasoning judicial review extend constitutionality issue tested administrative deportation proceedings conducted facts dastmalchi distinguishable however dastmalchi iranian aliens entered nonimmigrant student visas challenged regulation required report district director ins iranian hostage crisis aliens reported ordered deported proceeding aliens dastmalchi deported irrespective challenged regulation contrast chadha deportation canceled relevant parallel found recent decision bob jones university agreed bob jones university goldsboro christian schools certain revenue rulings denying status schools discriminated basis race invalid despite agreement schools however complying order enjoining granting status school discriminated basis race even though government largely agreed opposing party merits controversy found adequate basis jurisdiction fact government intended enforce challenged law party see suggestion made somehow immunized constitutional scrutiny act containing passed congress approved president marbury madison cranch resolved question assent executive bill contains provision contrary constitution shield judicial review see smith maryland national league cities usery buckley valeo myers see also infra event presidents wilson reagan presented issue gone record point challenge congressional vetoes unconstitutional see henry legislative veto search constitutional limits harv legis collecting citations presidential statements perhaps earliest executive expression constitutionality congressional veto found attorney general william mitchell opinion january president hoover op atty furthermore uncommon presidents approve legislation containing parts objectionable constitutional grounds example president roosevelt signed act attorney general jackson released memorandum explaining president view provision allowing act authorization terminated concurrent resolution unconstitutional jackson presidential legal opinion harv rev widespread approval delegates commented joseph story convention seem much diversity opinion subject propriety giving president negative laws principal points discussion seem whether negative absolute qualified latter number house bill subsequently passed order become law whether negative either case exclusively vested president alone jointly department government story commentaries constitution ed great compromise considered important framers inserted special provision ensure altered even constitutional amendment except consent affected see art congress protests affirming appeals cases sanction lawmaking attorney general attorney general exempt submitting proposed changes law full bicameral process brief petitioner sure administrative agency action rulemaking example may resemble lawmaking see defines agency rule whole part agency statement general particular applicability future effect designed implement interpret prescribe law policy referred agency activity character humphrey executor clearly however framework constitution president power see laws faithfully executed refutes idea lawmaker youngstown sheet tube sawyer see buckley valeo attorney general performs duties pursuant exercise legislative power see ernst ernst hochfelder bicameral process necessary check executive administration laws administrative activity reach beyond limits statute created statute duly enacted pursuant art constitutionality attorney general execution authority delegated involves question delegation doctrine courts case controversy arises always ascertain whether congress obeyed yakus enforce adherence statutory standards see youngstown sheet tube sawyer supra ethyl epa app enbanc separate statement leventhal cert denied jaffe judicial control administrative action clear therefore attorney general acts presumptively art ii capacity administers immigration nationality act executive action legislatively delegated authority might resemble legislative action respects subject approval houses congress president reason constitution require kind executive action always subject check terms legislation authorized authority exceeded open judicial review well power congress modify revoke authority entirely veto clearly legislative character effect checked need check provided art therefore clear congress authority delegate portions power administrative agencies provides support argument congress constitutionally control administration laws way congressional veto express opinion whether legislation violate constitutional provision see supra convention application president veto repeals statutes addressed framers apparently content madison comment difficulty repeals probable doubtful cases policy soon take place limiting duration laws require renewal instead repeal farrand see ginnane control federal administration congressional resolutions committees harv rev provision allowing congress repeal amend laws legislative means pursuant art mean congress required capitulate accretion policy control forces outside chambers javits klein congressional oversight legislative veto constitutional analysis rev constitution provides congress abundant means oversee control administrative creatures beyond obvious fact congress ultimately controls administrative agencies legislation creates means control durational limits authorizations formal reporting requirements lie well within congress constitutional power see kaiser congressional action overturn agency rules alternatives legislative veto ad rev see also supra see also art ii amdt exception presentment clauses ratified hollingsworth virginia dall held presidential approval unnecessary proposed constitutional amendment passed houses congress requisite majority see art one might also include another exception rule congressional action force law subject bicameral requirement presentment clauses house power act alone determining specified internal matters art cls cl however exception empowers congress bind noteworthy insofar indicates framers intent congress act legally binding manner outside closely circumscribed legislative arena except specific enumerated instances although bicameral check provided provisions independent congressional action precautionary alternative checks evident example art ii requires senators present concur senate consent treaty rather simple majority required passage legislation see federalist jay federalist hamilton federalist hamilton similarly framers adopted alternative protection stead presidential veto bicameralism requiring concurrence senators present conviction impeachment art also note holding hollingsworth supra resolution proposing amendment constitution need presented president subject two alternative protections first constitutional amendment must command votes house second must ratify amendment justice powell position veto case judicial act therefore unconstitutional beyond authority vested congress constitution agree sense action pursuant judicial cast since purports review executive action case example sponsor resolution vetoing suspension chadha deportation argued chadha meet statutory requirements suspension deportation supra sure normally courts decide whether agency complied statutory mandate see supra attempted analogy judicial action veto less perfect federal courts enjoy roving mandate correct alleged excesses administrative agencies limited art iii hearing cases controversies justiciable case controversy presented attorney general decision allow chadha remain country aware decision justice powell cited none federal reviewed decision attorney general suspending deportation alien pursuant standards set surprising given party action either motivation right appeal justice white correctly notes post courts given authority review whether alien given permanent status review limited whether attorney general properly applied statutory standards denying request suspension deportation foti ins relied justice powell addressed whether refusal attorney general grant suspension deportation one final orders deportation direct review courts appeals authorized act thus justice powell statement veto case clearly adjudicatory post simply supported accompanying assertion house assumed function ordinarily entrusted federal courts post satisfied veto legislative purpose effect subject procedures set art neither accept suggestion veto provision either removes modifies bicameralism presentation requirements enactment future legislation affecting aliens see atkins cl cert denied brief petitioner explicit prescription legislative action contained art amended legislation see supra justice white suggests attorney general action suspending deportation equivalent proposal legislation congressional approval indicated failure veto veto satisfies requirement bicameral approval post however appeals noted approach analogize effect one house disapproval failure one house vote affirmatively private bill even clear congress entertained arcane theory enacted justice white suggest amount nothing less amending art legislative steps outlined art empty formalities designed assure houses congress president participate exercise lawmaking authority mean legislation must always preceded debate contrary said necessary legislative body articulate reasons enacting statute railroad retirement board fritz steps required art make certain opportunity deliberation debate allow congress evade strictures constitution effect enact executive proposals law mere silence squared art justice powell concurring judgment decision based presentment clauses art cls apparently invalidate every use legislative veto breadth holding gives one pause congress included veto literally hundreds statutes dating back congress clearly views procedure essential controlling delegation power administrative agencies one reasonably may disagree congress assessment veto utility respect due judgment coordinate branch government cautions holding extensive necessary decide cases view cases may decided narrower ground congress finds particular person satisfy statutory criteria permanent residence country assumed judicial function violation principle separation powers accordingly concur judgment framers perceived accumulation powers legislative executive judiciary hands whether one many whether hereditary self appointed elective may justly pronounced definition tyranny federalist cooke ed madison baseless fear british rule colonies suffered abuses unchecked executive power attributed least popularly hereditary monarchy see levi aspects separation powers colum rev federalist confederation reacted removing power executive placing hands elected legislators many legislators proved little better crown supremacy legislatures came recognized supremacy faction tyranny shifting majorities legislatures confiscated property erected paper money schemes suspended ordinary means collecting debts levi supra one abuse prevalent confederation exercise judicial power state legislatures framers well acquainted danger subjecting determination rights one person tyranny shifting majorities jefferson observed members general assembly native virginia prevented assuming judicial power hey accordingly many instances decided rights left judiciary controversy federalist supra emphasis original quoting jefferson notes state virginia london ed concern also evident reports council censors body charged determining whether pennsylvania legislature complied state constitution council found period constitutional trial jury violated powers assumed delegated constitution ases belonging judiciary department frequently drawn within legislative cognizance determination federalist prevent recurrence abuses framers vested executive legislative judicial powers separate branches concern legislature able unilaterally impose substantial deprivation one person expressed general allocation power also specific provisions bill attainder clause art cl recognized brown bill attainder clause intended narrow technical prohibition rather implementation separation powers general safeguard legislative exercise judicial function simply trial legislature clause doctrine generally reflect framers concern trial legislature lacks safeguards necessary prevent abuse power constitution establish three branches precisely defined boundaries see buckley valeo per curiam rather justice jackson wrote constitution diffuses power better secure liberty also contemplates practice integrate dispersed powers workable government enjoins upon branches separateness interdependence autonomy reciprocity youngstown sheet tube sawyer concurring judgment thus mindful boundaries branch fixed according common sense inherent necessities governmental coordination hampton one branch impaired sought assume power central another branch hesitated enforce doctrine see buckley valeo supra functionally doctrine may violated two ways one branch may interfere impermissibly performance constitutionally assigned function see nixon administrator general services nixon alternatively doctrine may violated one branch assumes function properly entrusted another see youngstown sheet tube sawyer supra springer philippine islands cases present latter situation ii considering whether congress impermissibly assumed judicial function helpful recount briefly congress actions jagdish rai chadha citizen kenya stayed country student visa expired although scheduled deported requested immigration naturalization service suspend deportation met statutory criteria permanent residence country hearing service granted chadha request sent required reservation veto right report action congress addition report chadha congress names persons whose deportations also suspended service house committee judiciary decided six persons including chadha allowed remain country accordingly submitted resolution house stated simply house representatives approve granting permanent residence aliens hereinafter named cong rec resolution distributed prior vote chairman judiciary subcommittee immigration citizenship international law explained house feeling committee reviewing cases aliens contained resolution meet statutory requirements particularly relates hardship opinion committee deportation suspended ibid remarks eilberg face house action appears clearly adjudicatory house enact general rule rather made determination six specific persons comply certain statutory criteria thus undertook type decision traditionally left branches even house make de novo determination simply reviewed immigration naturalization service findings still assumed function ordinarily entrusted federal courts see providing generally judicial review final agency action cf foti ins holding courts appeals jurisdiction review ins decisions denying suspension deportation congress exercised power possibly regarded merely aid legislative function congress buckley valeo decisions held congress impermissibly assumed function constitution entrusted another branch see cf springer philippine islands impropriety house assumption function confirmed fact action raises danger framers sought avoid exercise unchecked power deciding whether chadha deserves deported congress subject internal constraints prevent arbitrarily depriving right remain country unlike judiciary administrative agency congress bound established substantive rules subject procedural safeguards right counsel hearing impartial tribunal present agency adjudicates individual rights effective constraint congress power political congress accountable politically prescribes rules general applicability decides rights specific persons rights subject tyranny shifting majority chief justice marshall observed peculiar province legislature prescribe general rules government society application rules individuals society seem duty departments fletcher peck cranch view congress undertook apply rules chadha exceeded scope constitutionally prescribed authority reach broader question whether legislative vetoes invalid presentment clauses justice white dissenting opinion explains legislative veto included wide variety statutes ranging bills executive reorganization war powers resolution see post whether veto complies presentment clauses may well turn particular context exercised hesitant conclude every veto unconstitutional basis unusual example presented litigation see martin legislative veto responsible exercise congressional power rev consumer energy council america ferc app jefferson later questioned degree constitution insulates judiciary see malone jefferson president second term pp response chief justice marshall rulings aaron burr trial jefferson stated judiciary favored burr jefferson viewed clearly guilty treason expense country predicted people see amend error constitution makes branch independent nation quoting jefferson letter william giles controversy attended burr trial however demonstrates wisdom providing neutral forum removed political pressure determination one person rights house senate argue legislative veto prevent executive exercising constitutionally assigned function even assuming argument correct address concern congress exercising unchecked judicial power expense individual liberties precisely prevent arbitrary action framers adopted doctrine separation powers see myers brandeis dissenting immigration naturalization service division department justice administers immigration nationality act behalf attorney general primary responsiblity act enforcement see act establishes detailed administrative procedure determining specific person deported see provides judicial review decision see foti ins normally house distributed resolution acting see cong rec statute providing legislative veto limits time congress may veto service determination deportation suspended see case congress chadha report approximately year half failed act three days end limitations period accordingly required abandon normal procedures considering resolutions thereby increasing danger arbitrary action concludes congress action legislative character branch presumptively act within assigned sphere ante presumption provides useful starting point conclude inquiry fact house action alters individual legal status indicate reasons see ante action legislative rather adjudicative nature determining whether one branch unconstitutionally assumed power central another branch traditional characterization assumed power legislative executive judicial may provide guidance see springer philippine islands reasonable minds may disagree character act helpful inquiry view whether act question raises dangers framers sought avoid reasons response argument veto exercised case judicial nature decision immigration naturalization service present justiciable issue reviewed appeal see ante notes since administrative agency decided case favor chadha aggrieved party appeal reliance fact misses point even review particular decision suspend deportation committed courts house representatives assumed function generally entrusted impartial tribunal view legislative branch effect acted appellate overruling service application established law chadha unlike administrative agency provide chadha right counsel hearing acting although parallel entirely complete effect chadha personal rights different principle acquitted federal crime thereafter found one house congress guilty congress grants particular individuals relief benefits spending power danger oppressive action separation powers designed avoid implicated similarly congress may authorize admission individual aliens special acts follow congress unilaterally may make judgment particular alien legal right remain country see memorandum concerning entitled act direct deportation harry renton bridges reprinted pt attorney general robert jackson remarked practice historical departure unbroken american practice tradition recognized independent regulatory agencies departments executive branch often exercise authority judicial nature buckley valeo function however forms part agencies execution public law subject procedural safeguards including judicial review provided administrative procedure act see et seq see also supra justice white dissenting today invalidates immigration nationality act also sounds death knell nearly statutory provisions congress reserved legislative veto reason decision surpassing importance reason well advised decide cases possible narrower grounds separation powers leaving full consideration constitutionality congressional review statutes operating varied matters war powers agency rulemaking concern independent regulatory agencies prominence legislative veto mechanism contemporary political system importance congress hardly overstated become central means congress secures accountability executive independent agencies without legislative veto congress faced hobson choice either refrain delegating necessary authority leaving hopeless task writing laws requisite specificity cover endless special circumstances across entire policy landscape alternative abdicate function executive branch independent agencies choose former leaves major national problems unresolved opt latter risks unaccountable policymaking elected fill role accordingly past five decades legislative veto placed nearly statutes device known every field governmental concern reorganization budgets foreign affairs war powers regulation trade safety energy environment economy legislative veto developed initially response problems reorganizing sprawling government structure created response depression reorganization acts established chief model legislative veto president hoover requested authority reorganize government coupled request congress willing delegate authority problem subject defined principles executive proposal legislative review proposed executive act upon approval joint committee congress reservation power revision congress within limited period adequate consideration public papers presidents herbert hoover congress followed president hoover suggestion authorized reorganization subject legislative review act june stat although reorganization authority reenacted contain legislative veto provision provision returned roosevelt administration since renewed numerous times years provision used extensively presidents submitted reorganization plans congress disapproved congress pursuant legislative veto provisions see app brief senate reargument shortly adoption reorganization act stat congress president applied legislative veto procedure resolve delegation problem national security foreign affairs world war ii occasioned need transfer greater authority president areas legislative veto offered means congress confer additional authority preserving constitutional role world war ii congress enacted statutes conferring powers executive legislative veto provisions president roosevelt accepted veto necessary price obtaining exceptional authority quarter century following world war ii presidents continued accept legislative vetoes one houses constitutional regularly denouncing provisions congressional committees reviewed executive activity legislative veto balanced delegations statutory authority new areas governmental involvement space program international agreements nuclear energy tariff arrangements adjustment federal pay rates legislative veto important resolving series major constitutional disputes president congress claims president broad impoundment war national emergency powers key provision war powers resolution authorizes termination concurrent resolution use armed forces hostilities similar measure resolved problem posed presidential claims inherent power impound appropriations congressional budget impoundment control act conference compromise achieved permanent impoundments termed rescissions require approval enactment legislation contrast temporary impoundments deferrals become effective unless disapproved one house compromise provided president flexibility preserving ultimate congressional control budget although war powers resolution enacted president nixon veto impoundment control act enacted president approval statutes followed others resolving similar problems national emergencies act stat resolving longstanding problems unchecked executive emergency power international security assistance arms export control act stat resolving problem foreign arms sales nuclear act stat supp resolving problem exports nuclear technology energy field legislative veto served balance broad delegations legislation emerging energy crisis educational field found fragmented narrow grant programs inevitably lead confrontations inaptly limited commissioner education authority response grant commissioner education rulemaking authority subject legislative veto trade regulation area veto preserved congressional authority federal trade commission broad mandate make rules prevent businesses engaging unfair deceptive acts practices commerce even brief review suffices demonstrate legislative veto efficient convenient useful ante important indispensable political invention allows president congress resolve major constitutional policy differences assures accountability independent regulatory agencies preserves congress control lawmaking perhaps means accommodation accountability increasing reliance congress upon legislative veto suggests alternatives congress must turn entirely satisfactory history legislative veto also makes clear sword congress struck aggrandize expense branches concerns madison hamilton rather veto means defense reservation ultimate authority necessary congress fulfill designated role art nation lawmaker president often objected particular legislative vetoes generally left hands congressional committees executive often agreed legislative review price broad delegation authority sure president may preferred unrestricted power precisely congress thought essential retain check exercise delegated authority ii reasons apparent sweep decision today regretable art analysis appears invalidate legislative vetoes irrespective form subject legislative veto commonly found check upon rulemaking administrative agencies upon policy decisions executive branch particularly unfortunate reaches decision cases involving exercise veto deportation decisions regarding particular individuals courts always wary striking statutes unconstitutional strike entire class statutes based consideration somewhat atypical readily indictable exemplar class irresponsible cases justice brandeis wrote frequently called attention great gravity delicacy function passing upon validity act congress formulate rule constitutional law broader required precise facts applied liverpool emigration commissioners ashwander tva concurring opinion legislative veto plainly unconstitutional strives suggest broad ruling today comprehensible constitutionality legislative veto anything issue divides scholars courts attorneys general two branches national government veto devices flagrantly disregarded requirements art today suggests find incomprehensible congress whose members bound oath uphold constitution placed mechanisms nearly separate laws period years reality situation constitutional question posed today one immense difficulty executive legislative branches well scholars judges understandably disagreed disagreement stems silence constitution precise question constitution directly authorize prohibit legislative veto thus task determine whether legislative veto consistent purposes art principles separation powers reflected article throughout constitution find lack specific constitutional authorization legislative veto surprising infer disapproval mechanism absence summer present government become endeavor far beyond contemplation framers within last half century complexity size federal government responsibilities grown greatly congress must rely legislative veto effective means insure role nation lawmaker wisdom framers anticipate nation grow new problems governance require different solutions accordingly federal government intentionally chartered flexibility respond contemporary needs without losing sight fundamental democratic principles spirit justice jackson penned influential concurrence steel seizure case actual art governing constitution conform judicial definitions power branches based isolated clauses even single articles torn context constitution diffuses power better secure liberty also contemplates practice integrate dispersed powers workable government youngstown sheet tube sawyer iii holds disapproval suspension deportation resolution one house congress exercise legislative power without compliance prerequisites lawmaking set forth art constitution specifically maintains provisions inconsistent requirement bicameral approval implicit art requirement bills resolutions require concurrence houses presented president art cls dispute truismatic exposition clauses question bill become law approved house senate presented president similarly hesitate strike action congress form concurrent resolution constituted exercise original lawmaking authority agree president qualified veto power critical element distribution powers constitution widely endorsed among framers intended serve president defense legislative encroachment check passing bad laws haste inadvertence design federalist lodge ed hamilton records convention reveal first purpose figured prominently acknowledge vitality second also agree bicameral approval required art scarcely less concern framers presidential veto ante need divide disperse legislative power figures significantly scheme government part iii opinion entirely unexceptionable however answer constitutional question us power exercise legislative veto power write new law without bicameral approval presidential consideration veto must authorized statute may negative executive department independent agency proposed face legislative veto allows one house congress make law presidential veto confer power upon president accordingly properly recognizes must nevertheless establish challenged action kind procedural requirements art apply admits every action taken either house subject bicameralism presentation requirements art ante terms presentment clauses suggest bills equivalent subject requirements bicameral passage presentment president article cl stipulates every bill shall passed house representatives senate shall becomes law presented president approval disapproval disapproval subject overridden vote houses section cl goes every order resolution vote concurrence senate house representatives may necessary except question adjournment shall presented president shall take effect shall approved disapproved shall repassed senate house representatives according rules limitations prescribed case bill convention turn attention scope congress lawmaking power framers expansive necessary proper clause art cl vests congress power make laws shall necessary proper carrying execution foregoing powers enumerated powers powers vested constitution government department officer thereof long settled congress may exercise best judgment selection measures carry execution constitutional powers government avail experience exercise reason accommodate legislation circumstances mcculloch maryland wheat heeded counsel approving modern administrative state holding today action must enacted lawmaking process ignores legislative authority routinely delegated executive branch independent regulatory agencies private individuals groups rise administrative bodies probably significant legal trend last century become veritable fourth branch government deranged legal theories ftc ruberoid jackson dissenting theoretically agencies officials asked fill details rule congress delegate part legislative power except limitation prescribed standard chicago chief justice taft elaborated standard hampton congress shall lay legislative act intelligible principle person body authorized fix rates directed conform legislative action forbidden delegation legislative power practice however restrictions scope power delegated diminished disappeared two instances find unconstitutional delegation panama refining ryan schechter poultry cases intelligible principle agencies attained enormous control economic affairs country held include formulations reasonable tagg moorhead public interest new york central securities public convenience interest necessity federal radio nelson bros bond mortgage unfair methods competition ftc gratz wisdom constitutionality broad delegations matters still put rest present purposes cases establish virtue congressional delegation legislative power exercised independent agencies executive departments without passage new legislation time sheer amount law substantive rules regulate private conduct direct operation government made agencies far outnumbered lawmaking engaged congress traditional process question agency rulemaking lawmaking functional realistic sense term administrative procedure act provides rule agency statement designed implement interpret prescribe law policy agencies authorized prescribe law substantive rulemaking administrator regulation due deference accorded legislative effect see schweiker gray panthers batterton francis regulations bind courts officers federal government may state law see fidelity federal savings loan assn de la cuesta grant rights impose obligations public sum force law congress may delegate lawmaking power independent executive agencies difficult understand art prohibiting congress also reserving check legislative power absent veto agencies receiving delegations legislative power may issue regulations force law without bicameral approval without president signature thus apparent reservation veto exercise legislative power must subject exacting test cases enough initial statutory authorizations comply art requirements strict limits agents may receive delegations legislative authority might said legislature delegate authority others authority issue rules regulations given executive branch independent regulatory agencies statutory delegations private persons also passed scrutiny currin wallace statute provided restrictions upon production marketing agricultural commodities become effective upon favorable vote prescribed majority affected farmers rock royal upheld act gave producers specified commodities right veto marketing orders issued secretary agriculture assuming currin rock royal remain sound law decision today suggests congress may place veto power suspensions deportation private hands hands independent agency forbidden reserve authority perhaps odd result justified constitutional grounds separation powers certainly defended consistent view art presentment bicameralism commands opinion present cases comes closest facing reality administrative lawmaking considering contention attorney general action suspending deportation legislative act posits attorney general acting art ii enforcement capacity characterization odds mahler eby power conferred executive deport aliens considered delegation legislative power suggests however attorney general acts art ii capacity courts case controversy arises always ascertain whether congress obeyed yakus enforce adherence statutory standards ante assumption simply wrong points aware decision federal reviewed decision attorney general suspending deportation alien pursuant standards set surprising given party action either motivation right appeal ante perhaps erroneous premise judicial review may check abuses power also submits bicameral process necessary check executive administration laws administrative activity reach beyond limits statute created statute duly enacted pursuant art ante hand reasoning persuasively explain resolution disapproval need subject bicameral process serves check attorney general exercise suspension authority granted disapproval resolution unlike attorney general action reach beyond limits statute created statute duly enacted pursuant art fundamentally even correctly characterizes attorney general authority art ii executive power concedes certain administrative agency action rulemaking may resemble lawmaking recognizes referred agency activity character humphrey executor ante rules adjudications agencies meet definition legislative action alte legal rights duties relations persons outside legislative branch ante involve determinations policy ante analysis executive branch independent agencies may make rules effect law congress framers confided legislative power art may exercise veto precludes rules operative force effective functioning complex modern government requires delegation vast authority virtue breadth legislative character accept art source nondelegation doctrine forbid congress qualify grant legislative veto also takes account perhaps relevant consideration however resolutions disapproval formally characterized reality departure status quo occurs upon concurrence opinion among house senate president reservations legislative authority exercised congress upheld exercise reserved authority consistent distribution limits upon legislative power art provides history reveals withstands analysis congress broadly provided deportation aliens act stat immigration act enlarged categories aliens subject mandatory deportation substantially increased likelihood hardships individuals abolishing cases previous time limitation three years within deportation proceedings commenced immigration act ch stat thousands persons either entered country lenient times smuggled children overstayed permits faced prospect deportation enforcement act grew rigorous years deportation thousands aliens without regard mitigating circumstances particular cases see mansfield legislative veto deportation aliens public administration review congress provided relief certain cases passage private bills deportations reached zenith secretary labor temporarily suspended numerous deportations grounds hardship cong rec proposed legislation allow certain deportable aliens remain country sess labor department bill opposed however grant ing much discretionary authority cong rec remarks dirksen failed decisively following year administration proposed bills authorize interdepartmental committee grant permanent residence deportable aliens lived years close relatives sess bills also attacked abandonment congressional control deportation undesirable aliens pt enacted similar fate awaited bill introduced congress authorized secretary grant permanent residence deportable aliens measure passed house come vote senate cong rec succeeding congress attempted find legislative solution deportation problem initial house bill required congressional action cancel individual deportations cong rec senate amended legislation provide deportable aliens deported unless congress act resolution rejected recommendation secretary reported amendments compromise solution immediate predecessor allowed attorney general suspend deportation qualified aliens deportation canceled permanent residence granted house senate adopt concurrent resolution disapproval executive branch played major role fashioning compromise see cong rec president roosevelt approved legislation became alien registration act ch stat department justice requested legislation authorizing attorney general cancel deportations without congressional review sess purpose proposal save time energy everyone concerned regulating powers attorney general suspend deportation aliens hearings subcommittee immigration house committee judiciary senate judiciary committee objected stating affirmative action congress suspension cases required deportation proceedings may canceled see also congress rejected department request final authority also amended immigration act require cancellation deportation approved concurrent resolution congress president truman signed bill without objection act july ch stat practice ensuing several years convinced congress requirement affirmative approval workable time interfere legislative work house house judiciary committee preparing comprehensive immigration nationality act senate judiciary committee recommended certain classes aliens adjustment status subject disapproval either house deportation alien criminal subversive immoral classes overstays period admission canceled upon concurrent resolution disapproving deportation legislation reflecting change passed houses enacted law part immigration nationality act president truman veto predicated presence legislative veto pub stat subsequent years congress refused requests attorney general given final authority grant discretionary relief specified categories aliens remained intact present section authorizes attorney general discretion suspend deportation certain aliens otherwise deportable upon congress approval adjust status aliens lawfully admitted permanent residence order eligible relief alien must physically present continuous period less seven years must prove good moral character must prove immediate family suffer extreme hardship deported judicial review denial relief may sought thus suspension proceeding two phases determination whether statutory conditions met generally involves question law determination whether relief shall granted ultimately confided sound discretion attorney general delegates gordon rosenfield immigration law procedure rev ed also third phase process attorney general must report suspensions detailed statement facts reasons congress either house may act session next block suspension deportation passing resolution disapproval upon congressional approval suspension silence alien permanent status adjusted lawful resident alien history immigration nationality act makes clear alter division actual authority congress executive times whether private bills affirmative concurrent resolutions present veto permanent change deportable alien status accomplished agreement attorney general house senate central concern presentment bicameralism requirements art departure legal status quo undertaken done approval president houses congress event presidential veto majority houses interest fully satisfied operation president approval found attorney general action recommending congress deportation order given alien suspended house senate indicate approval executive action passing resolution disapproval within statutory period thus change legal status quo deportability alien consummated approval three relevant actors disagreement one three maintains alien status executive may choose recommend suspension house senate may veto recommendation effect rights obligations affected individuals upon legislative system precisely private bill introduced failed receive necessary approval president two houses enjoy exactly say law true without presence veto nothing law changed absent concurrence president majority house atkins cl cert denied construction presentment clauses executive branch rejects basis upon executive branch defended constitutionality reorganization act ed provides president proposed reorganization plans take effect vetoed either house department justice advised senate constitutionality congressional review reorganization legislation stated procedure question involved congress taking legislative action beyond initial passage reorganization act dept justice memorandum also represents position attorney general recently thus understood fully effectuates purposes bicameralism presentment requirements briefly consider possible objections analysis first may asserted chadha status legislative disapproval one nondeportation exercise veto unlike failure private bill works change status quo position plainly ignores statutory language place congress delegated attorney general final power determine aliens shall allowed remain congress retained ultimate power pass changes deportable status terms whatever power attorney general delegated suspend deportation adjust status exercisable hereinafter prescribed section subsection part section grant suspension cancel alien deportation adjust alien status permanent resident alien suspension order merely deferment deportation mcgrath kristensen mature cancellation deportation adjustment status upon approval congress way silence statute authorize attorney general cancel deportation proceedings record alien lawful admission permanent residence immigration naturalization service action behalf attorney general become effective without ratification congress gordon rosenfield immigration law procedure rev ed ratification occurs executive action simply recommendation congress finalize suspension works legal change second may said approach leads incongruity veto suspect brother although idea may initially counterintuitive close analysis unusual veto certain constitutionality version attorney general action proposal legislation disapproval single house required prevent passage approval indicated failure veto veto satisfies requirement bicameral approval version may present different question concept neither branch congress acting separately lawfully exercise power conferred constitution whole body kilbourn thompson fully observed third may objected congress indicate approval legislative change inaction appeals view inaction congress equally imply endorsement acquiescence passivity indecision indifference appears echo concern ante objection appears properly directed wisdom legislative veto constitutionality constitution guarantee legislators carefully scrutinize legislation deliberate acting democracy electorate holds legislators accountable wisdom choices hard maintain private bill receives greater individualized scrutiny resolution disapproval certainly legislative veto susceptible attack increasingly common practice according weight failure congress disturb executive independent agency action see supra earlier term found important congress failed act bills proposed overturn internal revenue service interpretation requirements status internal revenue code bob jones university congress may said ratified internal revenue service interpretation without passing new legislation congress may also said approve suspension deportation attorney general fails exercise veto authority requirements art compromised congressional scheme iv appeals struck violative constitutional principle separation powers true purpose separating authority government prevent unnecessary dangerous concentration power one branch reason framers saw fit divide balance powers government branch checked others virtually every part constitutional system bears mark judgment history doctrine also history accommodation practicality apprehensions overly powerful branch led undue prophylactic measures handicap effective working national government whole constitution contemplate total separation three branches government buckley valeo hermetic sealing three branches government one another preclude establishment nation capable governing effectively ibid decisions reflect judgment already noted recognizing modern government must address formidable agenda complex policy issues countenanced delegation extensive legislative authority executive independent agencies hampton doctrine heretofore led invalidation government action challenged action violated express provision constitution buckley valeo supra per curiam myers congressional action compromised appointment power president see also springer philippine islands klein wall act congress struck encroaching upon judicial power found act also impinged upon executive exclusive pardon power art ii must workable efficient government teaching nixon administrator general services rejecting objection law requiring administrator take custody certain presidential papers set forth framework evaluating claims determining whether act disrupts proper balance coordinate branches proper inquiry focuses extent prevents executive branch accomplishing constitutionally assigned functions nixon potential disruption present must determine whether impact justified overriding need promote objectives within constitutional authority congress moreover believes legislative veto consider today best characterized exercise legislative authority characterization practice even surface constitute infringement executive judicial prerogative attorney general suspension deportation equivalent proposal legislation nature attorney general role recommendatory altered provides congressional action disapproval rather ratification comparison private bills must initiated congress allow presidential veto overriden majority houses congress augments rather reduces executive branch authority understood congressional review undermine appeals thought weight dignity attends decisions executive branch infringe judicial power justice powell hold section makes clear congress reserved judgment part statutory process congressional action substitute judicial review attorney general decisions act provides judicial review refusal attorney general suspend deportation transmit recommendation congress ins jong ha wang per curiam courts given authority review whether alien given permanent status review limited whether attorney general properly applied statutory standards essentially denying alien recommendation deportable status changed congress moreover constitutional obligation provide judicial review whatever failure suspend deportation power congress therefore expel like power exclude aliens specified class aliens country may exercised entirely executive officers congress may call aid judiciary ascertain contested facts alien right country made congress depend fong yue ting see also tutun ludecke watkins harisiades shaughnessy suggest legislative vetoes necessarily consistent principles legislative check inherently executive function example initiating prosecutions poses entirely different question legislative veto device many settings far instance legislative tyranny executive necessary check unavoidably expanding power agencies executive independent engage exercising authority delegated congress regret disagreement colleagues fundamental questions cases present even regret destructive scope holding reflects profoundly different conception constitution held courts sanctioned modern administrative state today decision strikes one fell swoop provisions laws enacted congress cumulatively invalidated history fear difficult insur fundamental policy decisions society made appointed official body immediately responsible people arizona california harlan dissenting part must dissent appendix opinion white dissenting statutes provisions authorizing congressional review foreign affairs national security act international development pub stat amended supp funds made available foreign assistance act may terminated concurrent resolution war powers resolution pub stat amended ed supp absent declaration war president may directed concurrent resolution remove armed forces engaged foreign hostilities department defense appropriation authorization act pub stat national defense contracts obligating amount excess may disapproved resolution either house department defense appropriation authorization act pub stat amended app supp applications export defense goods technology techniques may disapproved concurrent resolution res pub stat note assignment civilian personnel sinai may disapproved concurrent resolution international development food assistance act pub stat amended supp foreign assistance countries meeting human rights standards may terminated concurrent resolution international security assistance arms export control act pub stat amended ed supp president letter offer sell major defense equipment may disapproved concurrent resolution national emergencies act pub stat presidentially declared national emergency may terminated concurrent resolution international navigational rules act pub stat supp presidential proclamation international regulations preventing collisions sea may disapproved concurrent resolution international security assistance act pub stat president proposed transfer arms third country may disapproved concurrent resolution act december pub stat supp presidentially declared national emergency exercise conditional powers may terminated concurrent resolution nuclear act pub stat supp cooperative agreements concerning storage disposition spent nuclear fuel proposed export nuclear facilities materials technology proposed agreements international cooperation nuclear reactor development may disapproved concurrent resolution budget congressional budget impoundment control act pub stat proposed deferral budget authority provided specific project purpose may disapproved impoundment resolution either house international trade trade expansion act pub stat tariff duty recommended tariff commission may imposed concurrent resolution approval trade act pub stat amended ed supp proposed presidential actions import relief actions concerning certain countries may disapproved concurrent resolution various presidential proposals waiver extensions extension nondiscriminatory treatment products foreign countries may disapproved simple either house concurrent resolutions bank amendments pub stat presidentially proposed limitation exports ussr excess must approved concurrent resolution energy act november pub stat continuation oil exports made pursuant president finding exports national interest may disapproved concurrent resolution federal nonnuclear energy research development act pub stat rules orders proposed president concerning allocation acquisition essential materials may disapproved resolution either house energy policy conservation act pub stat certain presidentially proposed energy actions involving fuel economy pricing may disapproved resolution either house naval petroleum reserves production act pub stat president extension production period naval petroleum reserves may disapproved resolution either house department energy act civilian applications pub stat supp international agreements expenditures secretary energy appropriations foreign spent nuclear fuel storage must approved concurrent resolution consented legislation plans use appropriated funds may disapproved either house financing excess demonstration facilities must approved resolution houses outer continental shelf lands act amendments pub stat supp establishment secretary energy oil gas lease bidding system may disapproved resolution either house export oil gas may disapproved concurrent resolution natural gas policy act pub stat supp presidential reimposition natural gas price controls may disapproved concurrent resolution congress may reimpose natural gas price controls concurrent resolution federal energy regulatory commission ferc amendment pass incremental costs natural gas exemptions therefrom may disapproved resolution either house procedure congressional review established export administration act pub stat app supp president proposal export domestically produce crude oil must approved concurrent resolution action secretary commerce prohibit curtail export agricultural commodities may disapproved concurrent resolution energy security act pub stat app supp loan guarantees departments defense energy commerce excess specified amounts may disapproved resolution either house president proposal provide loans guarantees excess established amounts may disapproved resolution either house proposed award president individual contracts purchase barrels per day crude oil may disapproved resolution either house president proposals overcome energy shortage synthetic fuels development individual contracts purchase barrels per day including use loans guarantees may disapproved resolution either house procedures either house disapprove proposals made act established request synthetic fuels corporation sfc additional time submit comprehensive strategy may disapproved resolution either house proposed amendment comprehensive strategy sfc board directors may disapproved concurrent resolution either house failure houses pass concurrent resolution approval procedure either house disapprove certain proposed actions sfc established procedure houses approve concurrent resolution either house reject concurrent resolution proposed amendments comprehensive strategy sfc established proposed loans loan guarantees sfc may disapproved resolution either house acquisition sfc synthetic fuels project receiving financial assistance may disapproved resolution either house sfc contract renegotiations exceeding initial cost estimates may disapproved resolution either house proposed financial assistance synthetic fuel projects western hemisphere outside may disapproved resolution either house president request suspend provisions requiring build reserves limiting sale disposal certain crude oil reserves must approved resolution houses rulemaking education amendments pub stat supp department education regulations may disapproved concurrent resolution federal education campaign act amendments pub stat supp proposed rules regulations federal election commission may disapproved resolution either house act january pub stat proposed amendments federal rules evidence may disapproved resolution either house act august pub stat note social security standards proposed secretary health human services may disapproved either house airline deregulation act pub stat supp rules regulations governing employee protection program may disapproved resolution either house education amendments pub stat supp rules regulations proposed act may disapproved concurrent resolution civil rights institutionalized persons act pub stat supp attorney general proposed standards resolution grievances adults confined correctional facilities may disapproved resolution either house federal trade commission improvements act pub stat supp federal trade commission rules may disapproved concurrent resolution department education organization act pub stat supp rules regulations promulgated respect various functions programs responsibilities transferred act may disapproved concurrent resolution multiemployer pension plan amendments act pub stat supp schedules proposed pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc requires increase premiums must approved concurrent resolution revised premium schedules voluntary supplemental coverage proposed pbgc may disapproved concurrent resolution farm credit act amendments pub stat supp certain farm credit administration regulations may disapproved concurrent resolution delayed resolution either house comprehensive environmental response compensation liability act pub stat supp environmental protection agency regulations concerning hazardous substances releases liability compensation may disapproved concurrent resolution adoption either house concurrent resolution disapproved house national historic preservation act amendments pub stat supp regulation proposed secretary interior may disapproved concurrent resolution coastal zone management improvement act pub stat supp rules proposed secretary commerce may disapproved concurrent resolution act december pub stat supp rules regulations promulgated administrator environmental protection agency federal insecticide fungicide rodenticide act may disapproved concurrent resolution omnibus budget reconciliation act pub stat supp secretary education schedule expected family contributions pell grant recipients may disapproved resolution either house rules promulgated secretary transportation programs reduce accidents injuries deaths may disapproved resolution either house secretary transportation plan sale government common stock rail system may disapproved concurrent resolution secretary transportation approval freight transfer agreements may disapproved resolution either house amendments amtrak route service criteria may disapproved resolution either house consumer product safety commission regulations may disapproved concurrent resolution houses concurrent resolution disapproval either house resolution disapproved house miscellaneous federal civil defense act pub stat amended app supp interstate civil defense compacts may disapproved concurrent resolution national aeronautics space act pub stat president transfer national air space administration functions departments agencies may disapproved concurrent resolution federal pay comparability act pub stat president alternative pay plan may disapproved resolution either house act october pub stat plan use distribution funds paid satisfaction judgment indian claims commission claims may disapproved resolution either house menominee restoration act pub stat plan secretary interior assumption assets menominee indian corporation may disapproved resolution either house district columbia governmental reorganization act pub stat district columbia charter amendments ratified electors must approved concurrent resolution acts district columbia council may disapproved concurrent resolution acts district columbia council certain titles code may disapproved resolution either house act december pub stat note federal reserve system board governors may eliminate reduce interest rate differentials banks insured federal deposit insurance corporation associations insured federal savings loan insurance corporations without concurrent resolution approval veterans education employment assistance act pub stat note president recommendation continued enrollment period armed forces educational assistance program may disapproved resolution either house federal land policy management act pub stat sale public lands excess two thousand five hundred acres withdrawal public lands aggregating five thousand acres may disapproved concurrent resolution emergency unemployment compensation extension act pub stat supp president recommendations regarding rates salary payment may disapproved resolution either house civil service reform act pub stat note supp continuation senior executive service may disapproved concurrent resolution full employment balanced growth act pub stat supp presidential timetable reducing unemployment may superseded concurrent resolution district columbia retirement reform act pub stat required reports congress district columbia retirement program may rejected resolution either house act august pub stat supp designation marine sanctuary secretary commerce may disapproved concurrent resolution justice powell observes separate opinion respect due congress judgment coordinate branch government cautions holding extensive necessary decide cases ante appeals ninth circuit also recognized faced situation unforeseeability future circumstances broad scope complexity subject matter agency rulemaking authority preclude articulation specific criteria governing statute factors might present considerations different find question separation powers legitimacy unicameral device omitted selected list brief description provisions appended opinion watson congress steps look congressional control executive rev listing statutes roosevelt administration submitted proposed legislation containing veto provisions defended constitutionality see general counsel office price administration statement constitutionality concurrent resolution provision proposed price control bill reprinted bill hearings house committee banking currency pt presidential objections veto veto president nixon war powers resolution principally concerned bills authorizing committee vetoes senate subcommittee separation powers found accommodation reached years ago legislative vetoes exercised entire congress one house disputes continued arise committee form veto presidents kennedy johnson proposed enactment statutes legislative veto provisions see national wilderness preservation act hearings senate committee interior insular affairs president kennedy proposals withdrawal wilderness areas president message congress transmitting budget fiscal year weekly comp pres doc president johnson proposals allowing legislative veto tax surcharge administration president kennedy submitted memorandum supporting constitutionality legislative veto see general counsel department agriculture constitutionality title session reprinted legislative policy bureau budget hearing subcommittee conservation credit house committee agriculture administration president johnson department justice defended constitutionality legislative veto provision reorganization act contrasted provisions committee veto see separation powers hearings subcommittee separation powers senate committee judiciary testimony frank wozencraft assistant attorney general office legal counsel national aeronautics space act pub stat space program atomic energy act amendments pub stat cooperative nuclear agreements trade expansion act pub stat tariff recommended international trade commission may imposed concurrent resolution approval postal revenue federal salary act pub stat impoundment control act provision legislative review used extensively presidents submitted hundreds proposed budget deferrals disapproved resolutions house senate protest executive see app brief senate reargument veto appears host broad statutory delegations concerning energy rationing contingency plans strategic oil reserves allocation energy production materials oil exports naval petroleum reserve production naval petroleum reserves production act pub stat energy policy conservation act pub stat strategic oil reserves rationing contingency plans oil price controls product allocation federal nonnuclear energy research development act pub stat allocation energy production materials act pub stat oil exports congress found broad authority prohibit conduct unfair deceptive ftc regulate virtually every aspect america commercial life ftc rules merely narrow interpretations tightly drawn statute instead broad policy pronouncements congress obligation study review cong rec statement broyhill congress write certain statutes greater specificity unlikely realistic even desirable substitute legislative veto controversial nature many issues prevent congress reaching agreement many major problems specificity required enactments fuchs administrative agencies energy problem ind stewart reformation american administrative law harv rev example deportation context solution congress create refined categorizations deportable aliens whose status subject change immigration naturalization service proposed regulations setting forth factors considered exercise discretion numerous provisions act including ensure fair uniform adjudication appropriate discretionary criteria fed reg proposed rule canceled inherent failure attempt list factors considered exercise discretion impossible list foresee adverse favorable factors may present given set circumstances fed reg oversight hearings congressional investigations purpose unless congress rendered think tank debating society substitute exercise actual authority delaying procedure approved sibbach wilson satisfactory certain measures shortcomings new law must passed restrain administrative action congress must delegate authority without certain ability able check exercise finally passage corrective legislation agency regulations take effect executive branch officials acted entails drawbacks endemic retroactive response post hoc substantive revision legislation available corrective mechanism absence postenactment review serious prejudicial consequences congress retroactively tampered price control system prices set economy damaged private rights seriously impaired congress rescinded sale arms foreign country relations country severely strained congress reshuffled bureaucracy president reorganization proposal taken effect results chaotic javits klein congressional oversight legislative veto constitutional analysis rev omitted perhaps wrong remains open consider whether certain forms legislative veto reconcilable art requirements one possibility congress accept resolution disapproval given legal effect right may serve guide interpretation delegation lawmaking authority exercise veto read manifestation legislative intent unless contrary authorizing statute serves definitive construction statute therefore agency rule vetoed congress enforced courts veto indicates agency action departs congressional intent limited role redefined legislative veto follows steps longstanding practice giving weight subsequent legislative reaction administrative rulemaking silence congress consideration practice executive may equivalent acquiescence consent practice continued power exercised revoked midwest oil see also zemel rusk relying congressional failure repeal administration interpretation haig agee bob jones university merrill lynch pierce fenner smith curran relying failure disturb judicial decision later revision law reliance subsequent legislative reaction limited fear overturning intent original congress unreliability discerning views subsequent congress consumer product safety gte sylvania price concerns forceful original statute authorizes subsequent legislative review presence review provision constitutes express authorization subsequent congress participate defining meaning law second disapproval resolution allows reliable determination congressional intent without review mechanism uncertainty inferences draw subsequent congressional action understandable refusal pass amendment example may indicate opposition position mean congress believes amendment redundant statute written contrast exercise legislative veto unmistakable indication agency executive decision issue disfavored suggest failure pass veto resolution given weight whatever commentary generally favorable legislative veto see abourezk congressional veto contemporary response executive encroachment legislative prerogatives ind cooper cooper legislative veto constitution geo rev dry congressional veto constitutional separation powers presidency constitutional order bessette tulis eds javits klein supra miller knapp congressional veto preserving constitutional framework ind nathanson separation powers administrative law delegation legislative veto independent agencies nw rev newman keaton congress faithful execution laws legislators supervise administrators rev pearson oversight vital yet neglected congressional function rev rodino congressional review executive action seton hall rev schwartz legislative veto constitution reexamination geo rev schwartz legislative control administrative rules regulations american experience rev stewart constitutionality legislative veto harv legis commentary generally unfavorable legislative veto see bolton legislative veto unseparating powers bruff gellhorn congressional control administrative regulation study legislative vetoes harv rev dixon congressional veto separation powers executive leash rev fitzgerald congressional oversight congressional foresight guidelines founding fathers ad rev ginnane control federal administration congressional resolutions committees harv rev henry legislative veto search constitutional limits harv legis martin legislative veto responsible exercise congressional power rev scalia legislative veto false remedy system overload regulation watson supra comment congressional oversight administrative discretion defining proper role legislative veto rev note congressional veto administrative action probable response constitutional challenge duke recent developments legislative veto arms export control act law bus compare atkins cl upholding legislative veto provision federal salary act et seq cert denied consumer energy council america ferc app holding unconstitutional legislative veto provision natural gas policy act supp appeals docketed nos cert pending nos see op atty dept justice memorandum constitutionality provisions proposed reorganization bills pending congress reprinted jackson presidential legal opinion harv rev op atty limit concern legislative vetoes require either one houses congress pass resolutions approval disapproval leave aside questions arising exercise powers committees congress agree justice rehnquist congress intend veto provision severable although general rule presence saving clause creates presumption divisibility champlin refining corporation oklahoma read saving clause contained immigration nationality act primarily pertaining severability major parts act one another divisibility different provisions within single section surely congress want naturalization provisions act severable deportation sections support preserving without legislative veto saving provision justify preserving immigration authority without quota limits relevant fact years congress insisted retaining voice individual suspension cases frequently rejected bills place final authority executive branch clear congress believed retention crucial given history rewriting act flouts congress pennsylvania constitution required bills public nature printed introduced lie following session legislature adoption pa printing layover requirements applied bills time measures also enacted resolve allowed constitution urgent temporary legislation without requirements nevins american revolution using method pennsylvania legislature routinely evaded printing layover requirements adoption resolves ibid report committee council censors state body responsible periodically reviewing state government adherence constitution charged procedures enacting legislation evaded though adoption resolves instead bills report committee council censors see nevins supra three years later federal constitutional convention assembled philadelphia delegates reminded course discussing president veto dangers pointed council censors report elliot debates federal constitution furthermore madison made motion led presentment clause knew council censors report federalist lodge ed aware pennsylvania experience see federalist supra previously recognized relevance council censors report interpreting constitution see powell mccormack although legislative veto feature congressional enactments century practices first congresses demonstrate constraints art envisioned constitutional straitjacket first congress example began practice arming committees broad investigatory powers without passage legislation see josephy hill history american congress directly pertinent first congress treatment northwest territories ordinance ordinance initially drafted articles confederation july document governed territory northwest ohio river ordinance authorized territories adopt laws subject disapproval congress governor judges majority shall adopt publish district laws original criminal civil may necessary best suited circumstances district report congress time time laws shall force district organization general assembly therein unless disapproved congress afterwards legislature shall authority alter shall think fit emphasis added although times congress disapproved territorial actions passing legislation see act mar ch stat least two occasions one house congress passed resolutions disapprove territorial laws house fail pass measure reasons pertaining subject matter bills first february house representatives passed concurrent resolution disapproving one sweep one laws governors judges northwest territory passed legislative session august annals cong senate however refused concur see bond civilization old northwest second may house passed resolution disapprove mississippi territorial law imposing license fee taverns senate unsuccessfully attempted amend resolution strike laws mississippi territory enacted since june carter territorial papers mississippi histories territories correspondence era congressional reports contain indication resolutions disapproving territorial laws presented president authorization congressional veto act doubtful constitutionality practices first congress clear dispositive constitutional question us surely significant body largely composed men authored art secured ratification constitution view constitution forbidding precursor modern day legislative veto see hampton first congress sat many members constitutional convention repeatedly laid principle contemporaneous legislative exposition constitution founders government framers constitution actively participating public affairs long acquiesced fixes construction given provisions legislative substantive regulations issued agency pursuant statutory authority implement statute example proxy rules issued securities exchange commission rules force effect law dept justice attorney general manual administrative procedure act batterton francis substantive agency regulations clearly exercises lawmaking authority agency interpretations statutes arguably henry monaghan observed judicial deference agency interpretation law simply one way recognizing delegation lawmaking authority agency monaghan marbury administrative state colum rev emphasis deleted see nlrb hearst publications nlrb hendricks county rural electric membership acknowledges provisions art integral parts constitutional design separation powers ante concerns legislative power exercised congress executive power president judicial power courts scheme allows delegation legislative power president departments control forbids check exercise congress obviously denigrates concerns underlying art sure doctrine separation powers also concerned checking branch exercise characteristic authority section fully consistent need checks upon congressional authority infra legislative veto mechanism generally important check upon executive authority supra reasons holding legislative veto subject presentment bicameral passage requirements require brief discussion first posits resolution disapproval considered equivalent new legislation absent veto authority neither house short legislation effectively require attorney general deport alien attorney general determined alien remain ante statement neither accurate meaningful attorney general power act suspend order deportation suspension cancel deportation adjust alien status permanent resident alien cancellation deportation adjustment status must await favorable action congress important question whether written constitutional law amended repealed resolution disapproval course expressly authorized section also argues legislative character challenged action one house confirmed fact framers intended authorize either house congress act alone outside prescribed bicameral legislative role narrowly precisely defined procedure action ante leaving aside premise action legislative character requires passage law short answer carefully defined exceptions presentment bicameralism strictures involve action congress pursuant duly enacted statute indeed part powers impeachment review appointments treaty ratification legislative powers fact essential constitution stipulate congress power impeach try president hardly demonstrates limit upon congress authority reserve legislative veto statutes subjects within lawmaking authority opinion constitutionality legislative review provisions recent reorganization statute ed attorney general bell stated statement article procedural steps followed enactment legislation exclude forms action congress procedures prescribed article congressional action exclusive op atty pp procedures provided given statute effect constitutional distribution power legislature executive statute constitutional case reorganization statute power president refuse submit plan combined power either house congress reject submitted plan suffices standard make statute constitutional although attorney general sought limit opinion reorganization statute executive opposes instant statute see art basis distinguish two course authorizing legislation requires approval expressed positive vote veto clearly comply bicameralism requirement analysis doubts congress entertained arcane theory enacted disregards fact historical basis upon legislative vetoes contained reorganization acts defended supra reorganization acts provided precedent articulated support legislative veto provisions see cong rec dirksen citing reorganization act support proposal include legislative veto act citing reorganization act sufficient precedent legislative veto provision impoundment control act madison emphasized principle separation powers primarily violated whole power one department exercised hands possess whole power another department federalist pp cooke ed madison noted oracle separation doctrine montesquieu writing legislative executive judicial powers person body magistrates mean departments partial agency control acts emphasis original indeed according montesquieu legislature uniquely fit exercise additional function examine manner laws made executed gwyn meaning separation powers justice rehnquist justice white joins dissenting severability clause creates presumption congress intended valid portion statute remain force one part found invalid carter carter coal champlin refining corporation oklahoma severability clause however conclusively resolve issue determination end reached asking hat intent lawmakers carter supra rarely turn presence absence clause jackson believe congress intend veto provision severable dissent section exception general rule alien deportation shall suspended attorney general finds statutory criteria met severable congress intended permit attorney general suspend deportations without held several times years exceptions severable rejecting exceptions intended legislature statute made enact confessedly legislature never meant confers upon statute positive operation beyond legislative intent beyond anyone say enacted view illegality exceptions spraigue thompson excepting provision statute found unconstitutional courts generally hold work enlargement scope operation provisions provision enacted intended qualify restrain reasoning decisions proceed illustrated state ex rel mcneal dombaugh ohio dealing contention statute containing unconstitutional provision construed remainder stood alone said mutilate section garble meaning legislative intention must confounded power carry intention effect refuse give force vitality provision law one thing refuse read different thing mere figure speech say unconstitutional provision statute stricken purposes construction regarded part act meaning legislature must gathered said well ineffectual want power authorized law excepting provision statute enacted doubt legislature intended meaning provisions taken restricted accordingly restricted meaning receive legislative sanction essential make part statute law state authority competent give larger application finds legislative history shows congress intended severable congress wanted relieve burden private bills history elucidated shows congress unwilling give executive branch permission suspend deportation years congress consistently rejected requests executive complete discretion area congress always insisted retaining ultimate control whether concurrent resolution act veto present act congress never indicated willing permit suspensions deportation unless retain sort veto doubtless true congress power provide suspensions deportation without veto failed identify evidence congress intended exercise power contrary congress continued insistence retaining control suspension process indicates never disposed give executive branch free hand severing confounded congress intention permit suspensions deportation power carry intention effect davis supra quoting state ex rel mcneal dombaugh ohio believe severable reverse judgment appeals