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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan an injunction be levied on further GOP legislature leadership actions now?
Impostors, thieves and saboteurs... Putin's filth the lot of them. Let's sue that organization at the National level for damages and out of freaking business.
We should seek damages.
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Can an injunction be levied on further GOP legislature leadership actions now? (Original Post)
Deb
Jul 2018
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)1. Nope. The Speech or Debate clause of the Constitution
prevents any litigation or prosecution against members of Congress while in performance of their work as congresscritters. However, of course they can be held responsible for crimes committed while not acting as legislators.
Deb
(3,742 posts)2. Upholding their oath of office would seem essential to that task.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)3. No. No court would touch that with a 10 foot pole
And it would be a pretty grievous blow against separation of powers if they did
onenote
(42,383 posts)4. No. Period. End of discussion.