the misadventures of weather boy

S.J. Res. 12 fails in the Senate

Last summer I posted that H.J. Res. 10, attempting to propose a flag desecration amendment to the Constitution, passed 286-130 by the easy requisite 2/3 majority. Today the Senate brought the companion resolution, S.J. Res. 12 to a vote, when it failed 66-34. A 2/3 majority would require 67 votes to propose the amendment to the States, where it would have to be approved by 3/4 of State legislatures in 7 years (38 States). It is unclear whether this would have happened, but it would have been the first "new" pending amendment in over 20 years (there are still 4 pending amendments that are not time-limited, and the fifth was ratified as 27th Amendment from its cozy place as the second article of the original Bill of Rights).

Analysis will come tomorrow. I'm too sleepy.

Labels: law

posted by weather boy @ 12:45 AM