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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Is there a recall process for Senators?

The United States Constitution does not provide for nor authorize the recall of United States officers such as Senators, Representatives, or the President or Vice President, and thus no Member of Congress has ever been recalled in the history of the United States. The recall of Members was considered during the time of the drafting of the federal Constitution in 1787, but no such provisions were included in the final version sent to the states for ratification, and the specific drafting and ratifying debates indicate an express understanding of the framers and ratifiers that no right or power to recall a Senator or Representative in Congress exists under the Constitution.

112 posted on 03/21/2017 11:46:37 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: COBOL2Java

Senators are representatives of the States to the Congress.

The States must initiate the removal


113 posted on 03/21/2017 11:49:56 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hillary is Ameritrash, pass it on)
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