The right of veto in the US Constitution

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[...] The right of veto in the US Constitution The US Constitution in 1787 established a special political regime that has no equivalent elsewhere. This observation stems from the will of the Founding Fathers, who wanted to build a characteristic and unique system of balance of power. In addition to the implemented separation of powers, this separation is actually based on a number of dialogue mechanisms. The original constituent power chose the establishment of a presidential regime. It seems opportune to define the presidential regime, the principles of which derive mainly from Montesquieu. [...]

[...] It took the form of hallway parliamentarism within the United States Congress itself. In addition, it should be noted that this constitutional mechanism, establishing and permitting the perpetuation of a traditional equilibrium, and based on this notion of corridor parliamentarism, and the two-party system specific to the United States between Republicans and Democrats, in reality, allows a regime compromise, the consensus in political life. However, if this balance was created and was applied, the fact remains that since 2012 and 2016, under the presidencies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, there has been a real crystallisation of the American political regime, due to a consequent budgetary crisis, leading in particular to annual shutdowns, that is to say, the closure of administrations and the non-payment of salaries of American civil servants. [...]

[...] It is in fact the engine of American political life. It is also this text, in its second article, which directly states that executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America". Within the framework of his powers, the president has diplomacy, the negotiation of international treaties he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He has the power to appoint and dismiss members of his team. Furthermore, under these powers, the Head of State has the right to veto. [...]

[...] By deciding to approve the law passed the bill and, therefore, by deciding to refuse to sign and promulgate it, the President will in fact send the bill back to the Chambers, a bill referred, and to which are added various objections which he brings it. However, if the veto is indeed an important weapon, it must be both motivated and necessarily suspensive. The right of veto was used almost 700 times, and only in rare cases did Congress decide to keep the text as it was, and it was passed anyway. Even more than the simple presidential veto, there is also the pocket veto. [...]

[...] It should be noted, however, that the US President is accompanied and supported by a Vice President and chooses secretaries, that is, heads of administrative departments. The latter do not really form a government in that there is no political, united and collegial team. In this sense, they are only responsible to the Head of State on an individual basis. In addition to these secretaries, there is a political cabinet made up of political advisers, as well as specific and specialised technicians and other bodies, offices, federal agencies, who are renewed for their part as soon as the president is not reappointed. [...]