Expelling him for decades old misconduct known to the voters would be at least as problematic
The NYT oped by Ron Krotosynski hugely underplays the question whether Alabama could postpone Senate election already underway (with military overseas voting already happening)https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/opinion/roy-moore-accusations-congress.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region …
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I don't think there'd be any legal or constitutional barrier to expulsion. All constitution says is that Senate makes own rules and can expel by 2/3 vote.
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Many precedents against expulsion in such circumstances, reflecting American hostility to the actions of Parliament in the Wilkes case
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I think he's suggesting a weirder scenario: if Moore's elected, Senate expels him and Ala. gov appoints replacement for Moore.
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Hows this fair to Doug Jones's campaign? It's already been delayed once, that's enough time. Moore thought victims would stay silent his bad
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