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Well, yes. The precise definition of line-item is an essential issue for implementing a "line-item" veto. It's different in different jurisdictions, and I don't know what the federal definition was.
In Wisconsin, the veto was apparently letter by letter - so a patient governor (or staffer) could totally change a provision by hunting for the appropriate letters. Funding the arts via a bill intended to provide farm aid and suchlike. (How that complies with the concept of separation of powers boggles my mind, but that's policy, not letter of the law).
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But that --
You mean....
* whimpers and hides *
Example
Law, as an area of practice, is made of Hidden Complexity of Wishes issues.
"I try to be cynical, but it's hard to keep up."
I read the example and my first instinct was to check whether it was actually an article on The Onion. But apparently it is not. (Cries.)
Holy crap... This must be the most shocking thing I've seen in a while.
How poetic. Well said.
I was wondering how someone managed to end up as God-Emperor of Wisconsin.