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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 10:33 PM EDT |
Thought experiments.
Can a house decide that "The procedures of this House will be determined in
future by the president"? By your logic it can do this. It is a rule. But
doesn't this rule run counter to the constitutional wording that each house
should set its own procedures.
Can a house decide that "The rules of this house cannot be amended"?
The constitution says that a house sets it own rules. Can it abrogate the right
to set its own rules?
The current complex of rules around the filibuster are a partial implementation
of the previous case. So where do you draw the line?
What is a House? That is the key question. Is each sitting a separate house? Can
a previous house take the right to set rules away from subsequent houses?
It isn't as simple as you are trying to pretend.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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