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Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts) Fri Dec 13, 2019, 02:59 PM Dec 2019

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Can the leader of the House or Senate yield his Constitutional obligation

to another branch of government?

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Can the leader of the House or Senate yield his Constitutional obligation (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Dec 2019 OP

They can do anything they want unless we start throwing their sorry asses in jail FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #1

Who's going to stop him? DavidDvorkin Dec 2019 #2

They took an oath! Baitball Blogger Dec 2019 #3

Which obviously means nothing to them. DavidDvorkin Dec 2019 #4

By other branch of government Turbineguy Dec 2019 #5

The Constitution: Article 1, Section 2 Locutusofborg Dec 2019 #6

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

1. They can do anything they want unless we start throwing their sorry asses in jail

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 03:02 PM

Dec 2019

DavidDvorkin

(19,485 posts)

2. Who's going to stop him?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 03:05 PM

Dec 2019

Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts)

3. They took an oath!

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 03:07 PM

Dec 2019

DavidDvorkin

(19,485 posts)

4. Which obviously means nothing to them.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 03:12 PM

Dec 2019

Turbineguy

(37,364 posts)

5. By other branch of government

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 03:13 PM

Dec 2019

do you mean Russia?

It might be interesting to find out if Citizens United was bankrolled by just the Koch Brothers or Russia as well, especially of late. After all, the Russians infiltrated the NRA, there's every reason to believe that they've infiltrated other "conservative" organizations.

Locutusofborg

(525 posts)

6. The Constitution: Article 1, Section 2

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 03:38 PM

Dec 2019

"The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments..." There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents the legislative branch from coordinating with the executive branch.

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