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The Originalist Case Against Congressional Supermajority Voting Rules, Dan T. Coenen
The Originalist Case Against Congressional Supermajority Voting Rules, Dan T. Coenen
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Controversy over the Senate’s filibuster practice dominates modern discussion of American legislative government. With increasing frequency, commentators have urged that the upper chamber’s requirement of sixty votes to close debate on pending matters violates a majority-rulebased norm of constitutional law. Proponents of this view, however, tend to gloss over a more basic question: Does the Constitution’s Rules of Proceedings Clause permit the houses of Congress to adopt internal parliamentary requirements under which a bill is deemed “passed” only if it receives supermajority support? This question is important. Indeed, the House already has such a rule in place, and any challenge …
European Governance: Executive And Administrative Powers Under The New Constitutional Settlement, Paul Craig
European Governance: Executive And Administrative Powers Under The New Constitutional Settlement, Paul Craig
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The Supreme Court And The Decline Of State Power, Roger C. Cramton
The Supreme Court And The Decline Of State Power, Roger C. Cramton
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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