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Comment by nknight

Not gonna happen. Two key passages from Article 1:

"Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members"

"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."

The power to determine who is a member of Congress, and to remove a sitting member of Congress, is vested solely in the two houses of Congress. There is no precedent for removal of a member of Congress by any other mechanism, and several precedents to the contrary (e.g. attempts to impose term limits on Congressional candidates).

parent nknight 15 years ago

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