• DOI:10.2307/796343
• Corpus ID: 53702587

The Senate and the Constitution

@article{Amar1988TheSA,
  title={The Senate and the Constitution},
  author={Vikram David Amar},
  journal={Yale Law Journal},
  year={1988},
  volume={97},
  pages={5}
}

• V. Amar
• Published 1 May 1988
• Law
• Yale Law Journal

The United States Senate has largely been ignored in legal literature. No pieces have provided a systematic analysis of the Senate’s place and function in the constitutional scheme. The Senate plays a critical role both in constitutional interpretation and societal value pronouncement. In considering the Senate’s role in these areas, this essay considers four constitutional processes: legislation, impeachment, appointment and amendment. In considering the Senate’s role in these four processes, this essay will also reveal the special policy functions it was intended to perform.