Posted on 02/23/2011 8:30:52 AM PST by EternalVigilance
SECTION 10. [Vacancies in office.] (1) The legislature may declare the cases in which any office shall be deemed vacant, and also the manner of filling the vacancy where no provision is made for that purpose in this constitution.
a great idea if possible
I posted this ealier in another thread (so forgive me this repost): in Wisconsin where bills without fiscal notes, CAN be voted on, introduce a bill that states: “Any Senate/Assembly member who misses x-number days (say 10?) of legislative session without excuse, is determined to have abandoned their seat, and the governor can hereby appoint a replacement for the duration of the term”.
Great term...
Ah, but they’ve got their fake doctor’s excuses.
No problem. I am sure they can find a doctor to write their excuse...
Borrowed from FReepers, of course. :-)
I propose that the sitting Senators and Representatives declare unfilled seats in the chamber empty, and that the Governor may replace those empty seats.
Do it now.
From now on the democRATS will be known the ‘Fleebaggers Party’.
BHO and the Fleebaggers. Sounds like a nice title for a smut band.
I believe that bill would require 2/3 majority vote.
Well, I’d have to see why it would.
What rules are in place to deal with situations where a large portion of a legislative body is ever involved in (God forbid, this is completely a hypothetical situation where I’m not wishing this at all) an accident like a plane crash where a quorum-preventing number of senators were killed.
2/3rds of what...Assembly? Or the remaining senators? I’m sure it’s different in every state, but when you “require” a minimum number/quorom, what protections are in place to ensure the govenment keeps running (fiscal appropriations/bills)
So they make the law read that all excuses must be presented in person to the clerk of the senate, on the floor, to an official quorum of senators.
So they can avoid being removed, but they have to get a quorum to do so.
I was posting in jest ... relating to how the teachers were getting their ‘written excuses’ on the plaza.
Of course...
:)
Michelle Malkin uses that term in her latest column, but I don't know whether or not she coined it.
I saw FReepers using the term yesterday. Which one came up with it I don’t know.
I think you’ll need something more. The fleebags ( I love that term) are still “working”, much like when elected officials go on a junket. Plus, who deems it vacant? I wish this would fly, but I don’t think it will.
Ah, but, unfortunately, they have an excuse. They are delaying the vote.
.......without a VALID excuse of which validity is to be determined in a timely fashion by a committee of 10 appointed by present Senate/Assembly people.
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