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> or literally imprisoning you in the House basement, which will never happen but it's amusing to note that they technically have that authority Surely someone
by schoen 7y ago
> or literally imprisoning you in the House basement, which will never happen but it's amusing to note that they technically have that authority
Surely someone needs to feature this possibility in a movie somehow!
- tptacek 7y agoThat movie definitely needs to feature the Mace of the US House Of Representatives, which is A Thing You Should Definitely Go Look Up.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoOver in the UK parliament, grabbing the mace has almost become a trope of renegade MPs. It's a big emergency stop button on proceedings as it represents the monarch's authority and without it parliament has no power. Most famous are Michael Heseltine, or Oliver Cromwell a couple of years before the UK's brief experiment with republican dictatorship. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/10/day-of-brexit-drama-ends-with-mp-grabbing-the-ceremonial-mace https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/10/day-of-brex...
- shawndrost 7y ago:D "Disciplinary usage" "In accordance with the House Rules, on the rare occasion that a member becomes unruly, the Sergeant at Arms, upon order of the Speaker, lifts the mace from its pedestal and presents it before the offenders, thereby restoring order. There have been at least six instances where the Mace was used to quell disorder." "During President Donald Trump's 2019 State of the Union speech, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wore a brooch styled after the Mace, presumably as a symbol of her authority as speaker." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_of_the_United_States_Hous...
- caf 7y agoThe last time the UK House of Commons used their equivalent power to imprison someone in Big Ben was Charles Bradlaugh in 1880. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradlaugh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bradlaugh