112TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H.R. ___________ JUDICIAL ORIGINALISM AND REFORM ACT
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution.
This bill is enacted pursuant to the power conferred by the United States Constitution upon each house of Congress by:
- (a) Article 3, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3 to determine the rules and to keep a journal of its proceedings, respectively;
- (b) Article I, Section 7, Clause 2 to ensure that bills that become law have been actually passed by, not just passed through, each house of Congress; and
- (c) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which authorizes Congress to make all laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution the rules of each house.
- The provision of this Act under which any person who is aggrieved by the enforcement of any law enacted either in violation of the rules of proceedings of either house of Congress, or by the suspension of such rules, as prescribed herein, shall have standing in a court of law, is pursuant to Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
- (d) Article 3, Section 1 nd 2 of the Constitution which authorize Congress to regulate appellate jurisdiction to the supreme Court.
H.R. ________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. __________ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on .
A BILL
To require appellate courts, established under Congressional authority of Article III of the Constitution, to use strict construction of key Constitutional terms including general welfare, necessary and proper, and inner state commerce when making rulings on matters of Constitutionality.