Section 5. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either House on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Still not seeing it.
How about that one? Seems to me the Executive and the Judiciary are NOT authorized to punish a Congresscritter for disorderly behavior.
Ordinarily what happens is the Executive and the Judiciary conduct a trial using evidence they acquire by normal means (which would include approval for a search by the Speaker or the Majority Leader) of any Congressional quarters, hold a trial, and then come begging Congress to expel a member.
This happened to a Congresscritter up in Youngstown Ohio's district not too long ago. James Traficant, not nearly as corrupt as this Jefferson guy, was tried and convicted on evidence NOT stolen from a House of Representatives office.
An FBI agent (or his boss) who got too ridden with anxiety to follow the normal course and simply grabbed an available magistrate to sign a warrant, and then undertook an armed raid on a Congressional office probably ought to be put on trial for treason and hanged.
The resolution expelling Traficant (H. Res. 495) read simply, "Resolved, That, pursuant to article I, section 5, clause 2 of the United States Constitution, Representative James A. Traficant, Jr., be, and he hereby is expelled, from the House of Representatives."
Notice the RESOLUTION expelling Traficant cited the exact same thing I referenced for you.
Now how could the entire House of Representatives and the poster known as Muawiyah be right and you be wrong.
Think about that awhile and then get back to me with a lengthy and heart felt apology. You send the picture of you crawling through ground glass via Freepmail if you wish. I may publish it later anyway.
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