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You just..say it. Is there some provision I'm not aware of explicitly stating that laws pass by a simple majority?
You're trying to create statutory entrenchment. The reason that doesn't work is because a subsequently passed statute always takes precedence over a previously passed one. So you can go ahead and pass the statute, but it can be automatically undone by an ordinary statute.
A statute cannot say, "This statute can only be repealed by a statute passed with a supermajorty"
Just as a thought experiment if you think you can do something like that imagine: "This statute simply cannot be repealed or can only be repealed unanimously" <---this reveals better the absurdity of statutory entrenchment.
Its not a thing, there's no such animal.
The subsequent statute passed in ordinary course can say, "The statute purporting to require a supermajority to be repealed can now be repealed by simple majority vote"
And the subsequent statute will take precedence.
Of course what's looming over this is separation of powers to the extent it infringes on a constitutional power delegated solely to the Senate.
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