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OK got a question for all of you...
13 May 2011
| US Navy Vet
Posted on 05/13/2011 8:23:25 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Can the US Congress "arrest" and "detain" members of the other 3 branches of US Government? Also Is there a detainment facility w/in the US Capitol Bldg Complex for this?
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: uscongress; usconstitution
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
Actually Brown and the others were all released by November, 1862. And most of them weren't held in Ft. McHenry. They were held in Ft. Warren in Boston. Ah, well, see? Options abound!
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posted on
05/13/2011 9:18:51 AM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
("There are moderate Muslims, but Islam itself is not moderate." - Ibn Warraq)
To: MindBender26
congress does have a sergeant-at-arms position and this position does include powers of arrest. I believe the founders intended the sergeant-at-arms to go after people who are ordered to appear before congress that do not show up. It is a federal crime to fail to appear before congress for a congressional hearing/trial. I do not know if the sergeant-at-arms position is currently filled.
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posted on
05/13/2011 9:22:34 AM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: mamelukesabre
it wasn’t long after that he went to Texas..
and the rest is...
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posted on
05/13/2011 9:23:51 AM PDT
by
Rightly Biased
(Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?)
To: US Navy Vet
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posted on
05/13/2011 9:30:45 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
To: frithguild
Separated at birth! HAHAHA!
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posted on
05/13/2011 9:50:32 AM PDT
by
Two Kids' Dad
((((( Obama's in need of a good Caining next year. )))))
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
05/13/2011 9:56:37 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
To: massgopguy
But that was the Executive branch arresting a congressman. I guess our poster wants to know if that shoe will fit on another foot.
BTW, where did they deport the guy to, wasn’t he a US Citizen? Since it’s Lincoln I assume this is Civil War related, but maybe that’s not right?
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posted on
05/13/2011 10:53:11 AM PDT
by
jocon307
To: US Navy Vet
I would think that if a congressman is brought before congress and is convicted of something serious, he’d be stripped of his seat and thrown into jail as a citizen.
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posted on
05/13/2011 10:55:45 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: Bushbacker1
Miss him. Always had great “my 2 cents”
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posted on
05/13/2011 1:02:41 PM PDT
by
I_be_tc
To: US Navy Vet
I suggest you research your own question first by reading the Constitution.
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posted on
05/13/2011 2:26:03 PM PDT
by
Walleye_Walter
(Not all Libs are stupid, but all stupid people are Libs)
To: US Navy Vet
I have a lot of education so mainly “know” this but here is a good article to get you started, of course it was Dems using power on Boosh: http://www.slate.com/id/2165127/
Oh, I’m a USAF vet -65-69 (fun times)
Semper Fi (we can use it too, not just Marines)
To: mamelukesabre
Theoretically, Terry Gainer, the SAA-Doorkeeper, can arrest anyone who violates Senate rules, even POTUS.
In the world of RealPolitik, he isn't about to arrest anyone.
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posted on
05/13/2011 4:32:05 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(While the MSM slept.... we have become relevant media in America.)
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