An interesting discussion

Kagro X has an intriguing post about Bush's putative "pocket veto" and the finer points of contitutional law as elaborated on by the Legislative Counsel of the Republican Policy Committee back in 1990. You see, in those days Republicans in power seemed to care about the rule of law. Check it out here.

The memo in that case included these words:

CONCLUSION

The Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch have clashed repeatedly on veto policy during the past two decades. The President's actions on H.R. 2712 and the Congress' response are but the latest in a string of thrusts and parries. The President believes he exercised a 'pocket veto' and the bill is dead. The House has treated H.R. 2712 and its papers as though the President exercised a traditional 'return veto.' The Senate is preparing to concur in the House interpretation. There is another reading of the facts and the law, however. Under this alternative reading, H.R. 2712 became law on December 2, 1989 without the President's approval.

This is a follow-up to a topic addressed in previous posts at this site here and here.
--the BB