To: Jane Long
I am surprised that Gov. Abbott hasn’t went to the State Legislature and asked to have him removed from his Senate Seat...he isn’t doing any good in the interest of Texas...
40 posted on
05/17/2016 4:23:46 PM PDT by
HarleyLady27
('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
To: HarleyLady27
The Texas legislature can't remove him. Federal officers -- senators and congressmen -- can only be removed by loss of an election, resignation, death or expulsion by his particular House of Congress.
The issue of removal by other means has been answered in federal court (Idaho, 1967) and state court (New Jersey, 2013).
44 posted on
05/17/2016 4:26:53 PM PDT by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: HarleyLady27
“I am surprised that Gov. Abbott hasn’t went to the State Legislature and asked to have him removed from his Senate Seat.”
I’m not aware of any constitutional mechanism that allows a state legislature to unseat an elected U.S. Senator.
50 posted on
05/17/2016 4:30:08 PM PDT by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: HarleyLady27
Unfortunately, Gov Abbott enforced cReepy cRuz 😢😢
87 posted on
05/17/2016 4:48:40 PM PDT by
Jane Long
(Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
To: HarleyLady27
I thought one of the amendments to the constitution made it so that state legislatures could no longer remove a sitting senator.
I would to God we still have that ability!
93 posted on
05/17/2016 4:53:05 PM PDT by
MIA_eccl1212
(10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
To: HarleyLady27
Gov. Abbott can’t do that.
319 posted on
05/18/2016 10:25:05 PM PDT by
bootless
(Is life so dear or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it!)
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