Commentary, At Issue – House Rules: Is a Supermajority Requirement for Tax Hikes Constitutional? – No, The Framers Had Only a Simple Majority in Mind

Authors

Susan Low Bloch, Georgetown University Law CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1997

Abstract

The supermajority requirement undermines the constitutional principles of Article I and separation of powers. Rule XXI is not merely a rule of internal procedure; it determines when bills get presented to the Senate and the president.

Publication Citation

Susan Low Bloch, Commentary, At Issue – House Rules: Is a Supermajority Requirement for Tax Hikes Constitutional? – No, The Framers Had Only a Simple Majority in Mind, 83 A.B.A. J., 79 (Mar. 1997)

Scholarly Commons Citation

Bloch, Susan Low, "Commentary, At Issue – House Rules: Is a Supermajority Requirement for Tax Hikes Constitutional? – No, The Framers Had Only a Simple Majority in Mind" (1997). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 1564.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1564