Reading Room Document
The President's Veto Power
Article I of the Constitution does not vest the President with the inherent power to veto portions of a bill while signing the remainder of it into law. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24101/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit