Could I engage the gentleman just on that point because, you know, you stop to think of it, we would not have this Constitution to amend had it not been for the fact that a supermajority provision in the Articles of Confederation, just like the amendment that the proponents are proposing, was found to completely paralyze the then new National government of America. Is that not correct?
Discussing the implications of supermajority provisions in constitutional amendments.
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