President shouldnt have final say on statehood, but claim is partially true
“I do not think the president should have the final say on whether a state joins the U.S. For example, William Howard Taft rejected Arizona at first because he thought one part of its constitution was too extreme. But giving one person that much power isn’t very fair. It’s better for Congress to decide, because they represent more people. Three important ideas in Arizona’s constitution were the initiative, referendum, and recall of elected officials. The initiative lets people create new laws by voting. The referendum lets people vote on laws the government already passed. The recall lets voters remove a leader before their term ends. All of these give more power directly to the people instead of just politicians. There are some good things about this. It makes the government listen to the people more and helps keep leaders accountable. People can take action if they don’t like what their leaders are doing. But there are also downsides. Some voters may not fully understand complicated issues, which can lead to bad decisions. Also, too many recalls or votes can make the government unstable. Overall, giving power to the people is good, but it needs to be balanced.”
Summary
The U.S. Constitution gives Congress, not the President, the authority to admit new states, so the President does not have a final veto over statehood. President William Howard Taft did not personally reject Arizona; Congress delayed admission because the original Arizona constitution allowed recall
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- Article 1 Section 7 Clause 2 | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections ...
- U.S. Constitution - Twenty-Fifth Amendment | Resources | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
- Prosecutorial and Grand Jury Access to Presidential Information | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Whatever their origins, these ... that it was the Court, and not the President, that must have the final say on the Communications Privilege.18Footnote...
- 1 (Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2023 Syllabus
(b) The first step in deciding whether a former President is entitled · to immunity from a particular prosecution is to distinguish his official · from unofficial actions. In this case, no court thus far has drawn that · distinction, in general or with respect to the conduct alleged in partic · ular. It is therefore incumbent upon the Court to be mindful that it is · “a court of final review and not first view.” Zivotofsky v.
- Press Conference by the President | whitehouse.gov
THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, with respect to the transition, I think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure that they are successful as I promised. And that will continue. And it’s just been a few days since I last talked to the President-elect about a whole range of transition issues. That cooperation is going to continue. There hasn’t been a lot of squabbling. What we’ve simply said is the facts, which are that, based on uniform intelligence assessments, the Russians were responsible for hacking the DNC, and that, as a consequence, it is important for us to review all elements of that and make sure that we are preventing that kind of interference through cyberattacks in the future.
- Remarks by the President | whitehouse.gov
People have provided affidavits that they, in fact, have seen this birth certificate. And yet this thing just keeps on going. Now, normally I would not comment on something like this, because obviously there’s a lot of stuff swirling in the press on at any given day and I've got other things to do. But two weeks ago, when the Republican House had put forward a budget that will have huge consequences potentially to the country, and when I gave a speech about my budget and how I felt that we needed to invest in education and infrastructure and making sure that we had a strong safety net for our seniors even as we were closing the deficit, during that entire week the dominant news story wasn’t about these huge, monumental choices that we're going to have to make as a nation.
- DCPD201700521
They see what's happening. But to understand the historic progress that we've made, we must speak honestly about the situation that we and I inherited. Because believe me, the previous administration gave us a mess. Audience members. Boo! The President. For decades, our country has lived through the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world. You people know it better than anybody, in Pennsylvania. Our factories were shuttered, our steel mills closed down, and our jobs were stolen away and shipped far away to other countries, some of which you've never even heard of.
- - THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE LAWS
In the current controversy, the White House has suggested an array of arguments, citing the interpretation of statutory text, agency discretion, or other rationales to mask what is clearly a circumvention of Congress. It also appears to be relying on the expectation that no one will be able to secure standing to challenge such decisions in court. Finally, there is no question that the President as Chief Executive is allowed to set priorities of the administration and to determine the best way to enforce the law.
- Executive Privilege and Presidential Communications: Judicial Principles | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Second, the Court explicitly reaffirmed ... that it was the Court, and not the President, that must have the final say on the Communications Privilege.97 · Third, as first articulated by Judge Sirica, the Court held that the underlying ...
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