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To: FredZarguna

I should’ve said the House, not just Pelosi. The House has denied seats on more than one occasion, but perhaps you just mean under this Congress?


168 posted on 11/12/2009 7:05:24 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: skr

I know you’re referring to the rules of each house as to seating in the Constitution, but I believe the one SCOTUS precedent actually forced the House to admit Adam Clayton Powell. I can’t remember all of the reasoning. I think the Court said the governance of the house granted by the Constitution was not a plenary power that could be exercised in defiance of the will of the electorate. Burris actually cited the precedent when he threatened Senate Dems with a lawsuit earlier in this Congress.


188 posted on 11/12/2009 11:43:56 PM PST by FredZarguna (It's not a question of who's going to *let* me. It's who's going to *stop* me?)
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