Obama Pundit

by Hector N. Fertig
If members still couldn’t digest the bill, perhaps they shouldn’t be making the laws.  Just a thought.
Fair enough, and you are certainly entitled to your opinion.
For my money, the ultimate measure of any proposed Amendment is its actual effect.  Prohibition was not a failure because it lacked good intentions, serious consequences, or [...]

by C. William Chattin
While I share concerns about unknown and unintended consequences — and that goes for all legislation — in this case, the consequences seem more known than unknown.  Indeed, I would venture to say that the Founders would be shocked to learn of Congress passing behemoth 1200-page pieces of legislation that only a [...]

by C. William Chattin
OP,
The answer to your question is “yes, there would be teeth.”  The language of this version of the Amendment would require members of Congress to “swear under penalty of perjury.”  Obviously, if members perjure themselves in that regard, they would have committed a felony punishable by imprisonment.
The question is whether such perjury [...]