"Gee, old Ted got to be a Senator the day of the election. Imagine that!"
Posted on 01/17/2010 6:27:11 PM PST by jazusamo
Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe need to stay in the Republican fold.
HE SHOULD show up at the Senate and assume his seat. And stay there unless security carries him out...This is bull sheeet...
This is out country...This is our Country... This is our country...
The current elections are an omen of what’s to come in November and the Rats don’t like it.
It's no surprise that Politico didn't seek out law experts who subscribe to the Senate precedents laid out in this article, Can Senator Kirk Vote after January 19?
-PJ
Then they will try to get the House to pass the thing the Senate has already passed and send IT to Obama.
Pathetic.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
which held that the moment a new Senator is elected, the appointed Senator is no longer a Senator.
If this was incorporated into the Senate rules, it would take 67 Senators (or 66 if one is missing) to change the rule.
Weekly Standard quote below... I thought there was legal precedence that firmly establish Kirk term ends after the election, along with a pesky amendment to the Constitution.
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The Republican lawyers also said Senate precedent is clear on when a new senator’s term begins and the term of an appointed senator ends. In a number of cases, the pay of a senator who replaces an appointee was determined to begin on the day after the senator’s election.
When Republican John Tower of Texas was elected to the Senate in 1961, he wasn’t certified until April 17. But his pay as a senator began on April 2, the day after his election. Strom Thurmond was elected senator from South Carolina in 1956, succeeding an appointed senator. A resolution introduced by then-Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson established his Senate term to have begun the day after his election, weeks before his certification.
Wow, 26 posts and no captain obvious pic.....
Ted Kennedy November 7, 1962(Special election)- August 25, 2009 (Died)
Gee, old Ted got to be a Senator the day of the election. Imagine that!
Thanks for the links!! BFLR & BTTT !!
Answer: Because that was then and this is now and Obama won and we say so.
-PJ
Could someone do a timeline on this. As I recall, after the Dems agree with each other on their compromise bill, the CBO has to score it, which can take 10 days. While there may be a Dem compromise regarding taxation of Cadillac plans, I don’t think any compromise has been reached regarding abortion funding.
If Brown wins, then as I understand it, he has to be certified within 10 days.
So if the Dems don’t reach agreement on a compromise by Tuesday, and send it to the CBO, then it appears that Brown will be certified and sworn in before the compromise bill can be voted on.
I'd be happy with a second revolution < /s > (kind of)
I welcome the Democrats bringing all sorts of legalese into the Brown election if he wins. It will just substantiate the fact that the Democrats will stop at nothing to ram this down the electorates throat. If that happens maybe the country will turn viciously against all Democrats and the President and start a rabid reversal of what has been going on.
In the end,the weather might decide the victory.
"Gee, old Ted got to be a Senator the day of the election. Imagine that!"
No.
There was not some unelected, appointed guy serving in Franken’s position in the US Senate at the time while the matter was being settled. The seat was empty.
Trust Democratic Party shill “Politico” to go and quote only loont left, 0bama bot law professors.
Then Scott wins....Martha folks aren’t near as dedicated as Brown supporters.
Publish the home addreses of the Democratic maching canditates and let the protesting begin.
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