On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: > > > 2017-04-22 10:06 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com>: >> >> Sigh. Another "pocket veto". > > > I had to search in Wikipedia for the this term, it says: > > "A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver that allows a president or other > official with veto power to exercise that power over a bill by taking no > action (instead of affirmatively vetoing it)." > > > I translated to Spanish to understand better, but I see no correlation as we > officially don't have officials with veto power". > > Are you sure you were referring to this?
It can be generally understood as a circumstance where a decision-making body allows a proposed action to fail merely by doing nothing. Walter was not implying the formal existence of a "pocket veto" as defined in the US Constitution. cjl _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
