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A Frankenstein veto occurs when an American state Governor selectively deletes words from a bill, stitching together the remainder (''à la'' Victor Frankenstein) to form a new bill different from that passed by the legislature. The practice requires that a Governor have (or successfully claim) the power to veto individual words in a bill passed by the legislature rather than the bill ''in toto''. It became particularly prominent in Wisconsin, where it was used by Governors of both parties "to create spending or to redirect tax funds in ways never approved by the Legislature"〔Steven Walters, ''Voters drive stake into Frankenstein veto: governor may not cut and stitch words'' in the ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', April 2, 2008 (); see also ()〕 by "string() together pieces of separate sentences to create a single new sentence...."〔Steven Walters, ''Doyle's veto of committee might have been unconstitutional'' in the ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', June 30, 2009 ()〕〔''Governor says so-called Frankenstein veto slip-up fixable'', WKOW-Madison, Wisconsin ()〕 For instance, Governor Jim Doyle used selective deletion to transform "a 272-word section of the Legislature's budget into a 20-word sentence that took $427 million from the transportation budget and gave it to public schools."〔〔This was illustrated by ''The New York Times'' at ()〕 The same technique was used the following year to raise the levy limits on local governments from 2% to 3.86%.〔Patrick Marley, Steven Walters, and Stacy Forster, ''Governor gets last word(s): Expansive veto authority enables Doyle to raise limit on local property tax levies'' in the ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', October 27, 2007 ()〕 The ''Wisconsin State Journal'', in response, stated that "no Governor should be allowed to veto all but a couple dozen words and figures across reams of text in state budgets to unilaterally create law from scratch."〔Editorial, ''Vote 'yes' to ban Crazy Veto: voters on Tuesday can finally ban the 'Frankenstein' veto'' in the ''Wisconsin State Journal'', March 30, 2008 (archived online at ()).〕 ''The New York Times'' called the practice "a legislative twist on the game of Mad Libs."〔Monica Davey, ''Wisconsin Voters Excise Editing From Governor’s Veto Powers'' in ''The New York Times'', April 3, 2008 ()〕 WISN provided a satirical example of how the Frankenstein veto works.〔(Video on WISN's youtube channel ); the Governor's original statement can be found at ()〕 Start with Governor Doyle's press release on the retirement of Brett Favre: The Frankenstein veto allows that statement to be transformed into this one: "Governor Jim Doyle will be suiting up in the green and gold next season as quarterback of the Packers." The trick is in selective deletion: With this tool, and sufficient audacity, "Governors could basically 'veto' into law just about anything they wanted."〔Scott Milfred, ''Monster-of-an-editorial crusade abolishes 'Frankenstein' veto: persistence, creativity a powerful combination'', in ''The Masthead,'' Winter 2008 ()〕 Wisconsin had previously eliminated an even more extreme version—dubbed the "Vanna White veto"—in 1990 "when they prohibited state leaders from deleting individual alphabetic letters and numerical characters in a bill to change the intent of the legislation"〔Daniel Vock, ''Govs enjoy quirky veto power'' at ''Stateline'', April 24, 2007 ()〕 in response to its controversial use by then-Governor Tommy Thompson.〔Steve Schultze, ''Walker won't play Frankenstein'' in the ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', November 6, 2007 (). An illustration of the outer limits of the Vanna White veto can be seen (here ).〕 An amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution passed in 2008 sought to curb the practice even further,〔 but its prohibition on "crossing out words and numbers to create a new sentence from two or more sentences" left intact the Governor's power to "cross out words within a sentence to change its meaning, remove individual digits to create new numbers or delete entire sentences from paragraphs."〔''Wisconsin Voters Approve Limits on Governor's Frankenstein Veto'', The Associated Press, April 2, 2008 ()〕 This loophole has allowed the practice to continue, albeit less frequently.〔〔 ==See also== *Governor of Wisconsin *Line item veto 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Frankenstein veto occurs when an American state Governor selectively deletes words from a bill, stitching together the remainder (''à la'' Victor Frankenstein) to form a new bill different from that passed by the legislature.The practice requires that a Governor have (or successfully claim) the power to veto individual words in a bill passed by the legislature rather than the bill ''in toto''. It became particularly prominent in Wisconsin, where it was used by Governors of both parties "to create spending or to redirect tax funds in ways never approved by the Legislature"Steven Walters, ''Voters drive stake into Frankenstein veto: governor may not cut and stitch words'' in the ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', April 2, 2008 (); see also () by "string() together pieces of separate sentences to create a single new sentence...."Steven Walters, ''Doyle's veto of committee might have been unconstitutional'' in the ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', June 30, 2009 ()''Governor says so-called Frankenstein veto slip-up fixable'', WKOW-Madison, Wisconsin () For instance, Governor Jim Doyle used selective deletion to transform "a 272-word section of the Legislature's budget into a 20-word sentence that took $427 million from the transportation budget and gave it to public schools."This was illustrated by ''The New York Times'' at () The same technique was used the following year to raise the levy limits on local governments from 2% to 3.86%.Patrick Marley, Steven Walters, and Stacy Forster, ''Governor gets last word(s): Expansive veto authority enables Doyle to raise limit on local property tax levies'' in the ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', October 27, 2007 ()The ''Wisconsin State Journal'', in response, stated that "no Governor should be allowed to veto all but a couple dozen words and figures across reams of text in state budgets to unilaterally create law from scratch."Editorial, ''Vote 'yes' to ban Crazy Veto: voters on Tuesday can finally ban the 'Frankenstein' veto'' in the ''Wisconsin State Journal'', March 30, 2008 (archived online at ()). ''The New York Times'' called the practice "a legislative twist on the game of Mad Libs."Monica Davey, ''Wisconsin Voters Excise Editing From Governor’s Veto Powers'' in ''The New York Times'', April 3, 2008 ()WISN provided a satirical example of how the Frankenstein veto works.(Video on WISN's youtube channel ); the Governor's original statement can be found at () Start with Governor Doyle's press release on the retirement of Brett Favre:The Frankenstein veto allows that statement to be transformed into this one: "Governor Jim Doyle will be suiting up in the green and gold next season as quarterback of the Packers." The trick is in selective deletion:With this tool, and sufficient audacity, "Governors could basically 'veto' into law just about anything they wanted."Scott Milfred, ''Monster-of-an-editorial crusade abolishes 'Frankenstein' veto: persistence, creativity a powerful combination'', in ''The Masthead,'' Winter 2008 ()Wisconsin had previously eliminated an even more extreme version—dubbed the "Vanna White veto"—in 1990 "when they prohibited state leaders from deleting individual alphabetic letters and numerical characters in a bill to change the intent of the legislation"Daniel Vock, ''Govs enjoy quirky veto power'' at ''Stateline'', April 24, 2007 () in response to its controversial use by then-Governor Tommy Thompson.Steve Schultze, ''Walker won't play Frankenstein'' in the ''Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel'', November 6, 2007 (). An illustration of the outer limits of the Vanna White veto can be seen (here ). An amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution passed in 2008 sought to curb the practice even further, but its prohibition on "crossing out words and numbers to create a new sentence from two or more sentences" left intact the Governor's power to "cross out words within a sentence to change its meaning, remove individual digits to create new numbers or delete entire sentences from paragraphs."''Wisconsin Voters Approve Limits on Governor's Frankenstein Veto'', The Associated Press, April 2, 2008 () This loophole has allowed the practice to continue, albeit less frequently.==See also==*Governor of Wisconsin*Line item veto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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