About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

LOG IN
LOG IN


35 Buff. L. Rev. 633 (1986)
TEFRA and the Origination Clause: Taking the Oath Seriously

handle is hein.journals/buflr35 and id is 641 raw text is: COMMENTS TEFRA and the Origination Clause: Taking the Oath Seriously Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION .............................. 633 II. TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1982 641 A. H.R. 4961 .............................. 642 B. TEFRA ................................ 644 III. THE ORIGINATION CLAUSE ..................... 648 A. The Constitutional Convention ............... 648 B. Commentators ............................ 662 C. The Functional Understanding ............... 664 IV. JUDICIAL REVIEW ............................ 669 A. Standing ............................... 671 B. Political Question ......................... 678 V. TEFRA's CONSTITUTIONALITY ..................... 684 A. Applying the Principles ..................... 684 B. Challenges to TEFRA ...................... 687 VI. CONCLUSION ................................ 691 I. INTRODUCTION S ignificant constitutional developments take different forms and occur under different circumstances. Most are noticed and taken seriously because they directly involve the constitutional rights of individuals.' A few, on the other hand, involve issues 1. Significant Supreme Court cases involving the rights of individuals under the Bill of Rights or the fourteenth amendment abound. See, e.g., Bowers v. Hardwick, 106 S. Ct. 2841 (no right to homosexual sodomy), reh'g denied, 107 S. Ct. 29 (1986); Miller v. Califor- nia, 413 U.S. 15 (1973) (free speech); Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) (right to abor- tion); Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970) (procedural due process rights); Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) (right of criminal suspects to be informed of rights); New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) (libel/free speech); Brown v. Board of 633