Assertion: veto's holder | /r/CapableOf | protect the status quo
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text: A veto may give power only to stop changes (thus allowing its holder to protect the status quo), like the US legislative veto, or to also adopt them (an "amendatory veto"), like the legislative veto of the Indian President, which allows him to propose amendments to bills returned to Congress for reconsideration.
text: Thus a veto allows its holder to protect the status quo.