Legal Opinion
Fred A. Risser and David M. Travis v. Tommy G. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1991No. 90-3119PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The constitution of the State of Wisconsin has since 1930 provided that “appropriation bills may be approved in whole or in part by the governor, and the part approved shall become law,” Art. V, § 10(l)(b), unless the veto is overridden by a two-thirds vote in each house of the legislature; in that event the bill becomes law in the form in which the legislature had originally approved it. § 10(2)(b). Many states have partial-veto provisions of this genera] type (Chester James Antieau, The Executive Veto 36 (1988)); and under the name “line-item veto” the policy of these…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Bayh v. SonnenburgIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
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- Acierno v. CloutierCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Hendrick v. WaltersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
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