In April, a Federal district court judge declared that the statute "permits the President to repeal duly enacted provisions of Federal law," in violation of the lawmaking procedure set forth in Article I of the Constitution.

Administration officials told Congressional negotiators the President could accept either repeal or drastic curtailment of the program that he strongly supported only last year.

Judge Jackson said the new statute, the Line-Item Veto Act, adopted last April, "permits the President to repeal duly enacted provisions of Federal law," in violation of the law-making procedure set forth in Article I of the Constitution.

I." There is no provision in the Constitution that authorizes the President to enact, to amend, or to repeal statutes.

No President or Congress can repeal the concept of compound interest.

Mr. Archer acknowledged that "neither the Congress nor the President has repealed the business cycle."

Senator Levin, who was also in court today, said: "This is a landmark issue, a fundamental, bedrock issue, whether the President can repeal a law on his own.

Using this device, they said, the President can unilaterally repeal selected provisions of a statute, in violation of the lawmaking procedure set forth in the Constitution.

That judge, Thomas Penfield Jackson of the Federal District Court here, said the new statute "permits the President to repeal duly enacted provisions of Federal law," in violation of the lawmaking procedure set forth in Article I of the Constitution.

The Chief Secretary is able to walk free in all the chaos, but he is appalled by the violence and orders the fighting to stop, convincing the President to repeal the emergency act and restoring peace.