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(The new Congress would then meet for some days, for the inauguration, swearing in new members, and organization.) The Constitution forbids either house from meeting any place outside the United States Capitol, or from adjourning for more than three days, without the consent of the other house. The provision was intended to prevent one house ...
The United States Constitution provides that each "House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings," [1] therefore each Congress of the United States, upon convening, approves its own governing rules of procedure. This clause has been interpreted by the courts to mean that a new Congress is not bound by the rules of proceedings of the previous ...
Under the modern interpretation of "advice and consent," a presidential appointment must be confirmed by majority vote in the Senate in order to take effect. [50] Article II, Section 2 gives Congress the discretion to vest the appointment of "inferior officers" in either the President alone, the heads of departments, or the lower federal courts ...
Article I, Sections 1 and 2 of the U.S. Constitution establishes the legislative branch and outlines qualifications for House members.
CRS Report for Congress: "Statutory interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends" (public domain - can be copied into article with citations) The multi-volume Sutherland Statutory Construction is the authoritative text on the rules of statutory construction.
Absent an amendment to the Constitution, only states may vote on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. The problem is not, as claimed by Del. Plaskett, with "colonies." The ...
Courts established by the Constitution can regulate government under the Constitution, the supreme law of the land. [j] First, they have jurisdiction over actions by an officer of government and state law. Second, federal courts may rule on whether coordinate branches of national government conform to the Constitution.
E.g., the Constitution states Congress shall manage the government purse through the creation of a Treasury, thus there must be a Department of the Treasury with a sub-division which accounts for every penny coming and going, pays government debts, &c.; whereas, nowhere in the Constitution can it be inferred that the People's Second Amendment ...