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Mike Lee: “The Constitution makes clear when you're setting a super…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Mike Lee Delivers Emphatic Defense Of The SAVE America Act In Senate Floor Speech

Published | Video Starts at 38:18

Which it was never meant to be, in which if it were, it would arguably run afoul of the Constitution because The Constitution makes clear when you're setting a super majority threshold as the minimum standard. it makes clear where that is. There are several instances, including when you're either proposing a constitutional amendment, you're ratifying a treaty, trying to overcome a presidential veto, for example, where a 2/3 super majority is required. (38:18–38:25)

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Asserts that the Constitution specifies when a super majority threshold is required.

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