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Re: FCPUNX:'The Failure to Do Your Job' amendment (was Re:

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Thu Jul 17 00:31:34 1997

Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 20:45:39 +0800
To: John Deters <jad@dsddhc.com>,
        Filtered Cypherpunks List <cypherpunks@toad.com>
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Reply-To: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>

At 02:15 PM 7/16/97 -0500, John Deters wrote:
> A Constitutional amendment that would call for the impeachment of the
> President for failing to veto any three bills that are overturned by the
> Supreme Court on Constitutional grounds.

This however, presupposes that the supreme court is likely to veto
unconstitutional bills, and refrain from vetoing constitutional
bills.  

This does not appear to be the case.
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