Veto

Executive rejection of a legislative proposal or joint resolution submitted for legal approval. Should an executive reject a measure, it can attain legal status only if the House and Senate individually vote (by a two-thirds majority) to overturn the rejection. An alternative type of executive rejection – an indirect rejection – happens if the legislature has concluded its session and cannot reconvene, and the executive fails to approve the legislative proposal within the mandated ten-day timeframe (excluding Sundays).

16 Amendment Meaning

 The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution bestows upon Congress the power to impose an income tax without distributing it among the states according to their population. Ratified on February 3, 1913, this amendment effectively nullified the Supreme Court's ruling in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895), which had deemed income taxes as "direct taxes" necessitating apportionment among the state.