Posted on 11/22/2017 3:57:44 PM PST by TBP
One Supreme Court case provides a clue about the limits that may be placed on the Senate if it attempts either to deny Moore a seat or to expel him once he has been seated. In 1967, a special House committee determined that New York Rep. Adam Clayton Powell’s staff had falsified travel expenses and caused illegal payments to his wife. Rather than censure and fine Powell for this misconduct, the House voted by a simple majority to exclude—meaning, refuse to seat—Powell after his reelection. Powell sued, and when Powell v. McCormack made it to the Supreme Court, the court held that the House had acted illegally. The court held that while, according to Article I, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution, “each House shall be the judge of the ... qualifications of its Members,” those qualifications are limited to age, citizenship and residency, as stipulated by Article I, Section 2. In other words, as long as Powell fit the age, citizenship and residency criteria for serving in Congress, the House had no right to refuse to grant him his seat.
I will make a prediction. If Moore wins Mitch Mcconnell is done as majority leader.
Someone mail this to Yertl and Matt Drudge.
They aren’t going to expel anyone, most especially Moore who would unleash hell on their own past peccadilloes.
And thus disenfranchising the voters of Alabama.
Exactly. Alabama is voting in full knowledge of the allegations. If they still choose Moore, the senate has no basis to refuse to seat.
67 votes there? A good idea. At least 19 GOP Senators would be exposed/retired by 2020. Doable.
The Dems have to throw the sink at the special election to take the seat. If Jones loses it will stay Republican.
The Alabama Governor would name replacement, a Republican, if the swamp won’t seat Moore. The Dems only chance is to have Jones win the Special.
However, McConnell knows that if and when Moore wins and McConnell tries to prevent him from taking office, the forged yearbook would have to go under analysis, something the corrupt and not very bright Allred is hoping never happens.
House of Cards would fall on McConnell. Dawn Allen does not mean District Attorney. Moore was the Assistant DA. DA = Dawn Allen.
Someone failed to sanitize the forgery.
The libs seem to sense a Moore win.
expulsion is different from not being seated.
So basically they could let him be seated, then vote to expel?
seems that way.
https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-if-moore-wins-hell-immediately-face-ethics-committee-2509551392.html
Even susan collins, the baby killer, from Maine would not be stupid enough to try and remove or prevent judge Moorer from being seated.
Why? The is no law that says they can bit they can try - which they wont
Politico needs to check its facts. Following the 1984 elections, Dem Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill refused to seat the state-certified GOP winner of a race (I think it was in Indiana), and instead seated the Democrat loser. The Dem served the full term and was defeated in the next election by the same Republican. I worked on Capitol Hill at the time and remember the basic facts, but can’t recall names — sorry about that, maybe someone with more time can dig out the details . . . .
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