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the single word that lets one person overrule the will of many
means A formal refusal that blocks a proposed action or decision, often held by one authority over a group's collective will.
from Straight from Latin: veto means "I forbid" — first person singular of vetare, "to prohibit." In the Roman Republic, the tribunes of the plebs could literally stand up and say "veto" to halt a magistrate's act, giving one voice the power to stop the machinery of the state. The word kept its bossy first-person flavor all the way into English, where it still means "I, personally, forbid this."
- latin root
- means literally I forbid in Latin
- roman origin
- tribunes used it to block Senate decrees
- un security council
- five nations can kill any resolution alone
- pocket veto
- a president can kill bills by ignoring them
- override path
- two-thirds of Congress can crush it back
trump healthcare veto 2017 — president trump vetoed the affordable care act repeal in 2017, blocking republican efforts
line item veto 1997 — us supreme court struck down the line-item veto act in clinton v. city of new york