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CLINTON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Opinion of the Court

dure in which the President will play a different role, such change must
come through the Article V amendment procedures. Pp. 447–449.

985 F. Supp. 168, afﬁrmed.

Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist,
C. J., and Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Ken-
nedy, J., ﬁled a concurring opinion, post, p. 449. Scalia, J., ﬁled an opin-
ion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which O(cid:146)Connor, J.,
joined, and in which Breyer, J., joined as to Part III, post, p. 453.
Breyer, J., ﬁled a dissenting opinion, in which O(cid:146)Connor and Scalia, JJ.,
joined as to Part III, post, p. 469.

Solicitor General Waxman argued the cause for the appel-
lants. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Hunger, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Malcolm
L. Stewart, and Douglas N. Letter.

Louis R. Cohen argued the cause for appellees Snake
River Potato Growers, Inc., et al. With him on the brief
were Lloyd N. Cutler, Lawrence A. Kasten, Donald B. Hol-
brook, Randon W. Wilson, and William H. Orton. Charles
J. Cooper argued the cause for appellees City of New York
et al. With him on the briefs were M. Sean Laane, Leonard
J. Koerner, Alan G. Krams, David B. Goldin, and Peter F.
Nadel.*

Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Line Item Veto Act (Act), 110 Stat. 1200, 2 U. S. C.
§ 691 et seq. (1994 ed., Supp. II), was enacted in April 1996

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were ﬁled for the United States
Senate by Thomas B. Grifﬁth, Morgan J. Frankel, and Steven F. Huefner;
for Marci Hamilton, pro se, and David Schoenbrod, pro se; for Congress-
man Dan Burton et al. by James M. Spears; and for John S. Baker, Jr.,
pro se.

Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the Bar of the
City of New York by Louis A. Craco, Jr., James F. Parver, and David P.
Felsher; for Senator Robert C. Byrd et al. by Michael Davidson and Mark
A. Patterson; and for Representative Henry W. Waxman et al. by Alan
B. Morrison.