How is the oath of office enforced?

[Bondor]

Why have we not tried bringing ALL THOSE who voted not to certify the election into court to assert that they have failed to uphold their oath of office and need to be sent home? ALL OF THEM. The "reasonable person" standard says there was no evidence of fraud. Surely there is SOME enforcement mechanism for the oath, and surely voting not to certify given no evidence is a violation of it. Why have we not tried this simple solution to the problem? Seems to me if it works we get a lot of control over congress for a few months at least. And MAYBE we can discourage future such behavior. We are not doing that now. What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Why?

[brooklynite]

1. The Congress can Impeach and Remove Executive Branch officials...

....The House and Senate can respectively expel members. Both require a 2/3 vote.

As for expelling based on a vote that you disagree with? No legislator would accept that standard. What would stop a majority Republican Congress from doing the same thing.

[MineralMan]

2. Generally, it is not enforced at all.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Theoretically, it is enforced at the ballot box...

but most people neither understand nor care about constitutional questions come election day.

[KentuckyWoman]

4. It isn't.

I don't know that it ever was.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

5. Its not enforced through the judicial system

Any enforcement would have to come through either impeachment and removal for the President, expulsion from Congress for a member of Congress, or through the ballot box via voters not reelecting them. That's it.

[malaise]

6. Off to the greatest page

Great question