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Mass Incapacitation Rule:
Is It Constitutional?


It is simply inconceivable that a Constitution established to provide for the common defense' and 'promote the general Welfare' would leave the nation unable to act in precisely the moment of greatest peril. No constitutional amendment is required to enact the proposed rule change because the Constitution as drafted permits the Congress to ensure the preservation of government."

Walter Dellinger, Constitutional Scholar and former Solicitor General of the United States at the Rules Committee Hearing on Mass Incapacitation and the Continuity of Congress, April 29, 2004.