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milestogo

(16,829 posts) Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:15 PM Dec 2020

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I'll be sharing this my sister who lives in his district snacker Dec 2020 #1

Per a Supreme Court decision Congress can't refuse to seat a legally elected representative. PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #2

snacker

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1. I'll be sharing this my sister who lives in his district

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:28 PM

Dec 2020

Thank you, and Merry Christmas.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

2. Per a Supreme Court decision Congress can't refuse to seat a legally elected representative.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 12:37 PM

Dec 2020

(Not that Nancy Pelosi would do that if it were allowed).

Congress' only remedy is to use their power to expel a member.

See: Powell v. McCormack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._McCormack