There are so many ‘Notwithstandings’ scattered throughout the Constitution that one ought to be extremely doubtful about how to interpret a particular clause. In fact the Drafting of the Constitution has been progressing on a hand-to-mouth basis from day to day. It is for this reason that this familiar device of ‘notwithstanding anything’ has been freely introduced here. The more satisfactory way would have been to draft it without these clauses so as to make them not at all necessary. I do not know why this ‘notwithstanding’ has been used in the context. The matter should require clarification.
