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BURKE v. BARNES

No. 85-781.

479 U.S. 361 (1987)

BURKE, ACTING ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. BARNES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Willard argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Fried, Deputy Solicitor General Kuhl, Edwin S. Kneedler, and William Kanter.

Morgan J. Frankel argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondents Barnes et al. were Michael Davidson, Edward M. Kennedy, and Michael Ratner. Steven R. Ross, Charles Tiefer, and Michael L. Murray filed a brief for respondents Speaker of the United States House of Representatives et al.*

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed a bill, H. R. 4042, 98th Cong., 1st Sess. (1983), conditioning the continuance of United States military aid to El Salvador upon the President's semiannual certification of El Salvador's progress in protecting human rights. The President neither signed the bill nor returned it to the House of Representatives where it had originated, and took the position...

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