versus chadha where the supreme court struck down an attempt by congress to hold back delegated power to the president by the one house veto. students of this case i'm sure will remember that there was no case or controversy. the president did not want to deport the individual. the individual didn't want to be deported, so i.n.s. versus chadha was a suit between a person who felt he might be deported and the agency that said they weren't going to deport him. jumping over all of the issues of standing in order to reach the opportunity for the president, the court ruled in favor of the president striking down the retained veto by the congress, and as a result, giving the the president substantial authority vis-a-vis congress which congress had given to the president only with the assumption that they would reserve the power of the veto in order to contain it. and by going ahead and striking down the retained veto, but not striking down the entire statute, the court overwhelmingly vindicated the executive branch when it was fighting the legislative branch. i noticed one commonality in de