.....sue Congress
Mondale:
"Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution states: "Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings." The document is very explicit about the few instances where a supermajority vote is needed — and changing the Senate’s procedural rules is not among them. In all other instances it must be assumed that the Constitution requires only a majority vote."Resolved: Fix The Filibuster
Now, I ain't no shtinkin' lawyer, but I believe the people of the United States vs. the US Congress the people have a very strong case. You can't be a little bit pregnant and you damn sure can't be a little bit guilty of bribery
I really wonder whether either party wants to fix the filibuster, after all, pork barrel dollars are allocated on the basis of "buying" votes (Bribery). A simple majority seems not only fair, but well within the law set forth by Article 1 Section 5. When reading the Bribery Act, I think we could possibly impeach most of the US Congress. MC
Stuart P. Green:
Bribery Act (1962)
"The act of bribery is the payment of something of value to a person in a position of power or trust in order to influence that person's behavior. Bribery has been subject to legal prohibitions of one sort or another since the beginning of recorded legal history. Today, despite significant variations in the level of enforcement, bribery is recognized as a criminal offense in nearly every country in the world. Indeed, it is hard to imagine a modern political or legal system that does not at least claim to condemn such practices.
In the United States, prohibitions on bribery date to the earliest days of the Republic. Bribery is one of two crimes (the other being treason) for which the United States Constitution (Article 2, section 4) specifically prescribes impeachment of public officeholders....."