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To: Scanian
It does not matter what the Louisiana Constitution says about recall.

The United States Constitution expressly establishes the exclusive qualifications for congressional office, sets the specific length of terms for Members of the House and for Senators, and places the authority within each House of Congress to judge the elections and qualifications of, and to discipline and remove, its own Members. These provisions of the United States Constitution, with respect to federal officials, have supremacy over State laws and provisions, and State laws in conflict with such constitutional provisions have been found by the courts in the past to be invalid. Although the language of some State recall laws might be broad enough to include Members of Congress, or might even explicitly include such federal officers, such statutes would not appear to be effective in overriding the provisions of the United States Constitution with regard to terms of office, elections and removal of Members.

5 posted on 01/08/2010 3:36:22 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232; Congressman Billybob
I can't believe the writers of the Constitution made senators and congressmen "bulletproof" -- invulnerable to any attempt to remove them from office due to dereliction of duty or violating the trust of their constituents.

Congressman Billybob, any insights into this? There must be SOME constitutional way provided for voters to remove non-representing representatives.

11 posted on 01/08/2010 4:22:05 AM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: Red_Devil 232

“These provisions of the United States Constitution, with respect to federal officials, have supremacy over State laws and provisions, and State laws in conflict with such constitutional provisions have been found by the courts in the past to be invalid. “

That conflicts with the 10th amendment, and the 10th hasn’t been rescinded. Looks like another fairy tale interpretation by the marxists in black robes. Time for states to exercise their nullification option.


13 posted on 01/08/2010 4:51:27 AM PST by sergeantdave
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