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Originally posted by Gattigap
Apparently, the SCt hasn't found it.
- Although most observers consider it unlikely that the Supreme Court would accept a case about internal Senate rules, the Court did uphold the principle of supermajorities in a case involving local voting rules requiring a majority of 60 percent to pass a measure. The Court’s ruling stated: “Certainly any departure from strict majority rule gives disproportionate power to the minority. But there is nothing in the language of the Constitution, our history, or our cases that requires that a majority always prevail on every issue.” Gordon v. Lance, 403 U.S. 1 at 6 (1971).
liberal wuss website, but whatever, it's a quote to the SCt decision
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Kind of a different issue, no? Last time I checked, local government, if mentioned at all in the Const., is in the 10th amend. Congress, however, is in Article I, and the Const. does specify supermajority voting rules in certain instances (e.g., overrriding vetos, const. amendments). It seems fair to presume that the framers contemplated that tradiotnal majority rule would be the default in Congress.
