How complicated is the process for a bill to become a law?

Professor Steven Calabresi explains that a bill must pass through both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and then be signed into law by the President. If the President vetoes the bill, it must be passed again by a two-thirds majority of Congress. This makes it difficult to pass legislation. The Founders deliberately made the process difficult in order to protect the power of the states and the rights of the citizens.

Professor Steven G. Calabresi is the Clayton J. & Henry R. Barber Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. He is Chairman of the Federalist Society's Board of Directors.

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