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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:23 PM Feb 2017

Can they actually bar Senator Warren from speaking about ANYTHING on the Senate floor?

And can that ban be kept in place as long as the GOP has a majority?

Hard to believe even the strict constructionists on SCOTUS would uphold that in a court challenge.

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Can they actually bar Senator Warren from speaking about ANYTHING on the Senate floor? (Original Post) Ken Burch Feb 2017 OP
What I read was that Warren is barred from further commentary regarding Sessions only. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #1
I think it only GP6971 Feb 2017 #2
It applied only for the duration of the debate on the Sessions nomination. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #3
scotus would say the senate makes its own rules unblock Feb 2017 #4
Article I, Section 5 US Constitution onenote Feb 2017 #5

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. What I read was that Warren is barred from further commentary regarding Sessions only.
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:24 PM
Feb 2017

Unless she tries to tell the truth again.

unblock

(52,116 posts)
4. scotus would say the senate makes its own rules
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:28 PM
Feb 2017

not just strict constructionists; no justice would involve themselves into how the senate manages its internal debates.

onenote

(42,581 posts)
5. Article I, Section 5 US Constitution
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:57 PM
Feb 2017

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

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