Bernie: Congress Must Codify Roe v. Wade 'NOW'

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262. What?

What I included was the portion of the Constitution that DIRECTS what Congress is expected "to do" related to what is a specific special function. Each chamber then sets up it's own rules for how to carry that out. The law that you are referring to, which is one the RW loons point to, is explicitly dealing with that "special function" of Presidential elections, and in that case attempted to resolve a circumstance of a "contested election".

You have similar "special functions" noted in the Constitution where the 2 chambers (and even the 3 branches) interact in a joint fashion, for example -

Impeachment (where you later had "Former Presidents Act" that not only provides a pension for former Presidents, but explicitly forbids such for those "removed from office" (impeached, convicted, and removed))

State of the Union

Declaration of War (where you later had he "War Powers Resolution" that attempted to reassert the role of Congress within the context of a President acting as the Article II Sect. 2 "Commander in Chief" with a requirement that the Executive notify Congress within 60 days of initiation of hostilities so Congress can then begin debate on what we have come to know as an "Authorization of Use of Force" )

This "electors" procedure and "War Powers" procedure were "legislation" that addresses ancillary situations related to that "special function".

Again, you are trying to compare special Constitutionally-designated powers/functions with the routine procedures that each chamber decides on during their sessions.

The most recent case in point was the nonsense clown show where a bunch of GOP members of the House sued in an attempt to contest the amendment to the House Rules in court. Their beef being regarding the penalties enacted against them for either refusing to wear a mask in the House chamber and/or refusing to go through security, and in the former case, they argued the amended Rule was "unconstitutional" (a violation of the First Amendment) and the courts threw out the suit. Why? Because each chamber can make its own Rules (and these Rules are voted on by the chamber itself).

Most of the rest of the odd situations were addressed by Constitutional Amendment.


https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/8/text