You are 100% correct.
But there is also another principle where a Judge may hold someone to a "higher" standard because of their superior knowledge and expertise in a certain field.
For instance a policeman or a lawyer -- as officers of the court -- would be expected to have Superior knowledge of the law.
I would think the above would also apply to our elected officials in congress.
Certainly they would have a fiduciary relationship with their constituents based on the 'trust' of the later.
The public has a reasonable expectation that the aforementioned public servants will not violate the public trust.
Of course dishonesty and fraud are grounds to void a contract.
Therefore, a "pattern" of fraud would not alter the contract (by analogy) -- it would void it.
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Surely, you jest.
How many Congresspeople do YOU "trust?" How many do you think have superior knowledge of the Constitution they so grievously flaunt? What part of the Constitution says we should have a permananent sitting Congress?
I would point out that even if it was true, they make their own rules and protect themselves against us, against the law, with no regard for the Constitution, us, or the country they are supposed to serve.
In point of fact, these critters pick and appoint the very judges who might be called upon to later judge them.
If fraud was enough to send these swine packing, the Capitol would be deserted.
At any rate, this is far afield from the problem we face today. This country is wounded and bleeding profusely. SOMETHING must be done.
SOMEONE knows the truth. Someone has the evidence. We have to look beyond the government and find the head of the snake. It still requires some measure of cooperation from those who have avoided it thus far. I don't see it happening.
We have just seen the National Archives robbed for the second time. BOTH times, the missing contents would expose and/or incriminate the Clintons. What is stashed away in the Clinton Library?
I believe that is the root of this. AND I believe that Bill Clinton is the most dangerous man on earth bar none.