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To: JohnBovenmyer
Then according to Section 3 of the 14th amendment he's no longer eligible to be in the Senate!

That is correct. In a functioning government proceedings would begin immediately to impeach him and remove him from office. The same should have happened to Patty bin Murray. Fat Teddy too. Things are broke.

12 posted on 06/18/2005 11:05:56 AM PDT by TigersEye ("Where there is life there is hope!" - Terri Schiavo)
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To: TigersEye
Actually you can't "impeach" a Senator. That precedent was established shortly after the Senate expelled its first traitor c. 1800. The House wanted to pile on and use the impeachment clause's power to ban him from any future office. Although the Senate had been quick to expel him (with that Senate Durbin would have been gone by now!) they were already protective of their own power niche and ruled that the impeachment clause didn't apply to Senators. The traitor later went on to become Governor of Tennessee. Of course they didn't yet have the 14th amendment which thoughtfully bars those removed by it from holding any future office.
14 posted on 06/18/2005 11:40:05 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (I)
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