10-24-2019, 09:39 AM
(10-24-2019, 09:30 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Something I wanted to point out here, just because it's been on my mind. The rules of the House, and Senate for that matter, are actually above statutory law. They carry the weight of the Constitution as Article I specifically states that the chambers shall make their own rules for proceedings. Violating House Rules is a violation of the Constitution of the United States. This wasn't something I had ever thought about until talking with a couple of former clerks for the House of Representatives and the House of Delegates, and they discussed this. That conversation happened on Tuesday, and then this happened. It was rather serendipitous.
These Representatives violated their oaths to uphold the Constitution.
That might be a little dramatic. That means if anyone keeps speaking past their allotted time they are also violating the Constitution. I'm guessing we could find endless examples of people violating House rules, and nobody accuses them of violating the Constitution.
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.”-Thurgood Marshall
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