Cartoon Congress
March 4, 2010
I thought this Tom Toles cartoon, via Ezra Klein, was a good illustration for the hypothetical in Len’s recent comment.
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Seriously.
No Congress could enact a law that forbids a future Congress from changing it. If we want a fixed rule we amend the Constitution. And even then, we have rules for undoing an amendment if we get it wrong. See, prohibition.
Senate rules are even lower than laws. It makes no sense that a past Senate can bind a future Senate to do anything. Or that the Senate could adopt a rule that requires more than a simple majority to change a rule.
As you know, I am a Democrat but I agree with Michael Moore. The Dems are very weak. They are afraid to act. I don’t know what to so though. When the Republicans act, they do something stupid. I don’t understand why the Dems are afraid of the Repub’s taunting.