Republican (constitutionalist) President Monroe vetoes the Cumberland Road Act, claiming that “Congress do [sic] not possess the power under the Constitution to pass such a law.”
[restored 12/24/2021]
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Authority:
Article I, Section 7 [Clause 2]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 87.
James Monroe: Veto Message
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