Pretty cut and dry. A vacancy has to occur first.
Posted on 03/09/2022 5:55:41 AM PST by cotton1706
Edited on 03/09/2022 7:08:04 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A high-profile Oklahoma attorney is asking the state Supreme Court to stop the special election for Oklahoma’s open U.S. Senate seat, arguing the U.S. Constitution does not allow a special election to fill the post until it's vacant.
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The governor has been informed that a vacancy will be occurring. And as a result, the governor is ensuring that THE PEOPLE will be able to choose a NEW REPRESENTATIVE in the national legislature.
I understand the politics of it - Democrats would like one less Republican for a period.
But getting a new representative elected when people will be voting for OTHER representatives anyway is hardly a violation of the letter or spirit of the Constitution.
There is no vacancy until Jan 2023. Constitution has to rule.
As long as the actual election is after the vacancy has happened, I see no issue.
“As long as the actual election is after the vacancy has happened, I see no issue.”
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Agreed. When it comes to clear issues of constitutionality, we can’t descend to the lawlessness of the other side.
The issue I have is why did then 87 year old Imhofe run in the first place? Is his ego that big? Did OK not have a winning choice otherwise?
Pretty cut and dry. A vacancy has to occur first.
So Inhofe quites Nov 1 before the actual election.
He’s not doing squat anyway and misses a lot of votes.
I'm in Tulsa. Yes, his ego is huge. Yes, he's a RINO. Yes, he's so old his usefulness ended decades ago.
Wait. What was the question?
So let him resign the day before the election—and the winner to be sworn in the day of or after the election.
He and Lankford have a lot in common.
As an aside, my (former) plumber, Mark Mullin, is running for Inhofe's seat. As is Nathan Dahm.
I've been impressed by some of Dahm's comments, but will reserve judgment until, and if, he's elected.
This is to counter Manchin’s “defection” from the Democrat/Communist Party.
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The Constitution does not prohibit this. It says the state executive may issue “ writs of election” (call a special election) or if permitted by the state legislature may appoint someone. it does not say specifically that the office must already be vacant to call a special election. Since the process being used was passed by the state legislature, I don’t think he is going to win this one.
Dahm is great, he’s never wavered. I don’t know how well he’ll fare in DC. That Rand Paul endorsement was a game changer. As long as DJT stay’s out he’ll have a shot.
The plumber needs to hang on to his current job.
“As an aside, my (former) plumber, Mark Mullin, is running for Inhofe’s seat.”
The cowardly assistant Democrat (i.e. RINO) who declared that Ashley Babbitt’s murder by that racist monkey D.C. cop was justified?
“He was doing his job,” Mullin said. “He got put in a situation where he had to do his job because there were (House) members still in the balcony. And if you’re going to present your weapon ... and give commands and they still don’t listen and they still approach, you don’t have a choice. Either you have to at that point discharge your weapon in ... self-defense or that weapon is going to be taken away from you, it’s going to be used on you and put all of our lives in danger, too.”
This traitor needs to be sent packing from D.C. so he can get back to his plumbing business.
I assume you mean hang onto his House seat as he sold Mullin Plumbing to a billion dollar conglomerate in December.
As far as his plumbing business is concerned, he's out. He sold it last December.
That’s the plan with SCOTUS. Going as fast as they dare to get confirmation hearings finished before midterms.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, 87
WOW! Time flies!
ALWAYS (almost) liked him.
He was a “Contract With America” hire. 1994.
Repeal the 17th. Go from there.
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