The point of order is that I think we're going to need an independent opinion, and I will certainly be asking for an independent opinion. I'll be suggesting my independent colleagues get an independent legal opinion from the law clerk, because we are in very untested waters, and the old precedents are being clearly broken.
I thank the clerk for his intervention, but the issue here is that because this is such an affront to the rights of independent members, we believe that our privileges are actually being undermined in even being asked to vote to take away those rights.