The Eighth Article Papers, VI.

Section 2, Clause 2: The House of the People shall have the Power to overrule any Legislation, Rules, Appointments, Treaties, or Executive Orders issued by the Senate, House of Representatives, or the President of the United States upon reaching Majority.

This Clause of this Proposal is equally important as the Previous; While an unrepentant and disloyal Executive may veto Legislation without just cause, the People have virtually no recourse to this Power, particularly when the balance of Power in the Houses of Congress are evenly separated in their Numbers. When one particular political Party holds loyalty to their Party above loyalty to their Country, a President may block Legislation with the veto Pen, and a with Congress not having the Numbers in the Houses of Congress to address the People’s needs, the Nation is left at peril and is forced to wait for the next Election, hoping their Numbers in the Houses of Congress will improve. For this reason, many of the needs of the People go unmet, while the needs of certain Interests are more than satisfied at the expense of the Citizens’ Dime.

Still further, Members of Congress, eager to boast to their Constituents that they have provided federal Funds to their District, have raided the Treasury, resulting in untold Dollars being spent in mindless inefficiency, which at best can be simply reserved as “Pork Barrel”. A Decade ago the Executive sought to establish a selective veto Pen, in what was called, “The Line Item Veto”, in order to cut such inefficiency from Federal Budgets. This was a poor way to manage this Problem, as it would only increase the Power of the Executive. Worse still, this Problem has remained undressed at all, as the Courts have declared this Power unconstitutional.

The only rational solution for this problem would be for the People to address it Themselves, by taking it upon Themselves to have their own veto Pen on any Decision made by the Legislative and Executive. This has several practical applications, such as preventing of such Pork Projects, but additionally, such a Power being held by the People reaches much farther in its importance: fore it establishes The Governed above the Government. Such a power will be the primary way to end all threat of Tyranny and Corruption within Government, and to finally ensure the Happiness of the People.