Medicine and the Law

Source: "Pelosi's Deadlock Holds Up Intel Czar Nomination"
http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/06/24/pelosi-s-deadlock-holds-up-intel-czar-nomination.html

Constitution Connection
Article I of the Constitution, Section 5, Clause 2: "Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member."

Connection Explanation
This is Constitutional because it is a way for Congress to keep things under control. Members of the Congress can't act with disorderly behavior, or there is a punishment.

In the article "Pelosi's Deadlock Holds Up Intel Czar Nomination" Nancy Pelosi is holding up a House floor vote on an intelligence reform bill. Pelosi says it doesn't go far enough to strengthen congressional oversight of sensitive spy operations. But congressional sources say that unless Pelosi allows the legislation to move forward, key senators are likely to stall confirmation hearings for James Clapper, the Obama administration's nominee to be director of national intelligence, potentially leaving that key job vacant indefinitely. 

 This article connects to Article One of the Constitution because Nancy Pelosi is out of order holding up a vote that everyone else in Congress wants. It's unfair and I don't agree with it.