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Congress also plays a role in presidential elections. Both Houses meet in joint session on the sixth day of January following a presidential election to count the electoral votes, and there are procedures to follow if no candidate wins a majority. [17] The result of congressional activity is ultimately the creation of laws. [18]
[102] [103] [104] [57] "No one, no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States. [With] today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed for all practical purposes,” Biden said. [5] Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said July 1, 2024 was a "sad day for America. Treason or incitement ...
President Harry Truman's Executive Order 10340 placed all the country's steel mills under federal control, which was found invalid in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 US 579 (1952), because it attempted to make law, rather than to clarify or to further a law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution. Presidents since that decision ...
In ruling that states cannot kick Donald Trump off the ballot, the Supreme Court placed significant limits on any effort — including by Congress — to prevent the former president from ...
The ruling: In a 6-3 decision, the court held that a former president has absolute immunity for his core constitutional powers. Former presidents are entitled to at least a "presumption of ...
The law also makes it harder harder for Congress to challenge a state's electoral votes. ... on the pending objection and report its decision back to the joint session. The Senate would withdraw ...
The 2024 Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. United States could make the president even more powerful, with some interpreting it as an endorsement of unitary executive theory. [100] [101] Trump and his subordinates have embraced (or gone beyond) some of the theory's most extreme or fringe versions.
Vice President Richard Nixon, acting as presiding officer of the joint session for counting the electoral votes of the 1960 U.S. presidential election, suggested that congress follow a ruling allowing the certification of late-filed votes against him, of which congress did. [61] [62] In 1969, Hubert Humphrey recused himself from the count. [84]