Man, you are so arrogant... It makes me wonder how anyone puts up with you irl.
What part of “congress can take many actions” do you not get? How about this: “congress will consider acting upon the president’s suggestion” or “congress chose not to act on the recommendations of ....”
Save your bs. Mr. Rogers. Your zip is down. And you still have your outside shoes on.
There are more than one use for the word act. When those two meanings get put into the same discussion, confusion results.
If you can’t get THAT simple point, then do us and yourself a favor... Unplug your computer and put it back into the box it came it. Return it immediately. You are not smart enough to own a computer.
No Constitutional Amendment comes into effect by ‘act of Congress’. Congress formulates the wording and sends it to the states. The states then vote on the amendment. If the states do not approve by the required majority, the ‘act of Congress’ has no legal force. A constitutional amendment is an act of the states, which alone have authority to approve and accept it.
Yes Danae, there are many meanings for the word “act”. There are NOT many meanings for the legal phrase “act of Congress”.
So when Justice Scalia contrasts citizenship conferred by the Constitution vs by acts of Congress, the 14th Amendment is “Constitution”, not an act of Congress. When ratified by the states, it is part of the Constitution, not public law.
And if you three do not understand the difference between the Constitution and “acts of Congress”, then you are to a legal discussion like a dog watching TV. When FReepers say the 14th Amendment of the Constitution is an act of Congress and not the Constitution, it is embarrassing.