New at Reason: Jacob Sullum on Bush's Illegal Plan to Bail Out the Automakers

December 17, 2008

Under the U.S. Constitution, if Congress approves legislation the president doesn't like, he can refuse to sign it, in which case the law can be enacted only by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. But as Senior Editor Jacob Sullum writes, President Bush's plan to aid the auto industry relies on a more obscure maneuver: If Congress rejects a bill the president likes, he can act as if the vote went the other way.

Read all about it here.