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To: fidelis

Federal offices (House and Senate) are not subject to recall.
Have to wait until 2022.


15 posted on 01/09/2021 5:55:43 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; fidelis

not sure about that. They might be subject to recall by their state constituents - a matter now ripe for SCOTUS.

During March 2010, the NJ appellate court allowed collection of recall signatures to proceed in a suit brought by the Tea Party.

AmericanThinker commented in April 2010:

“Whether citizens of a state have the right to recall from office a sitting U.S. senator is no longer an academic question. The second-highest New Jersey appeals court has just ruled that such an effort can proceed against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

Several other states have provisions in their state constitutions and laws that may also allow recall efforts. And by the common provision of initiative by the people of state laws and constitutions, similar processes could be established in other states.”

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2010/04/is_a_statebased_recall_of_a_us.html

The NJ Supremes rejected the right of citizens to recall their critters as a violation of the Constitution in Nov of 2010. But the case was never elevated above NJ.

https://www.politico.com/story/2010/11/court-kills-menendez-recall-push-045347


30 posted on 01/09/2021 6:40:15 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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