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bucolic_frolic

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Reply to Smackdown2019 (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2024, 01:15 PM

Mar 2024

and I think if you go back to admittance or denial of seating House members 1868-1905, simple majorities were used in both instances. SCOTUS is deferring here to that historical precedent: it is Congress' decision who and how to seat or unseat.

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Correct bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #1

interesting point...may be more useful politically than legally. nt wiggs Mar 2024 #2