Comments on: Filibusters http://deanebarker.net/blog/post/541 It's like an electronic mirror, into which I can gaze. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:46:33 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: cmadler http://deanebarker.net/blog/post/541/comment-page-1#comment-16227 cmadler Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:53:59 +0000 http://deanebarker.net/blog/post/541#comment-16227 Per an 1892 Supreme Court ruling, "The Constitution empowers each house to determine its rules of proceedings." Saying that "[needing 60 votes to overcome a filibuster is] a requirement that appears nowhere in the Constitution, but is simply a self-imposed rule" is obvious because aside from the need for supermajorities in certain cases laid out in the Constitution, ALL legislative procedures are self-imposed. Per an 1892 Supreme Court ruling, “The Constitution empowers each house to determine its rules of proceedings.”

Saying that “[needing 60 votes to overcome a filibuster is] a requirement that appears nowhere in the Constitution, but is simply a self-imposed rule” is obvious because aside from the need for supermajorities in certain cases laid out in the Constitution, ALL legislative procedures are self-imposed.

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