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Is there a valid reason for a President to veto a bill other than on Constitutional grounds?
If a bill makes it through both houses of Congress (never mind that the states have no voice - that's an entirely different problem) and makes it the desk of the President, should he be able to veto it if there is not a Constitutional issue with the bill?
The President can veto any bill that comes across his desk for any reason that he feels like. Even if it's just because he doesn't feel like it atm. And yes he most certainly should be able to. Despite your false assumption that the states don't have a say, each one of those senators represent 1 specific state and was elected by one specific state. And that state is the one that they came from personally. No one else voted them in. Just the people that are in thier respective states. The President however was elected by the People across every single state. Not just one. Because of this he represents the will of the people of the Country. Not just the states. Because of this he should have the right to veto one or a few states wants.