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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has filed legislation to defund the federal salary of Jack Smith, the DOJ special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump.

Plus it sounds a lot like a bill of attainder.

11 posted on 08/15/2023 6:21:11 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Sirius Lee

> it sounds a lot like a bill of attainder.

Most certainly not. Authority on funding the government in all its particulars resides in Congress. An act preventing the funding of of a specific federal employee is not an act decreeing he is convicted of a crime.


47 posted on 08/15/2023 11:53:26 AM PDT by no-s (Jabonera, urna, jurado, cartucho ... ya sabes cómo va...)
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No! It’s an attempt to use the Holman Rule!
The problem is you need Senate concurrence by a simple majority. The good news you don’t need a super-majority like 2/3rds. It will be a long haul. Still, I applaud the effort!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holman_rule

At first, I thought this could be done without the Senate but further research tells me I was mistaken.

Th


51 posted on 08/16/2023 6:46:07 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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