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'''''Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas''''', {{ussc|volume=248|page=276|year=1919|el=no}}, was a ] case in which the court held that congress's power to override a presidential veto requires only two-thirds of a quorum in each house to support it, not two-thirds of all the members of each house.<ref name="case">{{ussc|name=Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas|volume=248|page=276|year=1919}}.</ref> '''''Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas''''', {{ussc|volume=248|page=276|year=1919|el=no}}, was a ] case in which the court held that congress's power to override a presidential ] requires only two-thirds of a ] in each house to support it, not two-thirds of all the members of each house.<ref name="case">{{ussc|name=Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas|volume=248|page=276|year=1919}}.</ref><ref name="Lieberman1999">{{Cite book |last=Lieberman |first=Jethro K. |title=A Practical Companion to the Constitution |year=1999 |pages=529|chapter=Veto Power}}</ref>


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1919 United States Supreme Court case
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 7, 1919
Full case nameMissouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas
Citations248 U.S. 276 (more)
Holding
Congress's power to override a presidential veto requires only two-thirds of a quorum in each house to support it, not two-thirds of all the members of each house.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Edward D. White
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter
Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds
Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinion
MajorityWhite, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Presentment Clause

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas, 248 U.S. 276 (1919), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that congress's power to override a presidential veto requires only two-thirds of a quorum in each house to support it, not two-thirds of all the members of each house.

References

  1. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Kansas, 248 U.S. 276 (1919).
  2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Veto Power". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 529.

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