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To: Jane Long

A senator or congressman can be removed by death, resignation, defeat in an election or expulsion by a two thirds vote of the House in which the individual is a member. That’s basically it.


5,751 posted on 01/31/2020 9:07:16 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius
Yep.

Sigh.

5,754 posted on 01/31/2020 9:10:32 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Publius
We have to to start acting like Democrats, throw everything against the wall and see what sticks. Start a recall and make them prove we can't do it. And there's this:

But maybe we can recall them. While there's no mechanism in the Constitution to recall congressional members, neither does the Constitution prohibit it. As Justice Clarence Thomas argued in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton: "where the Constitution is silent, it raises no bar to action by the States or the people."

Democrats Are Watering Down Impeachment into a Mere Recall Effort

5,757 posted on 01/31/2020 10:05:47 PM PST by Kenny
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