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The democratic leadership has allegedly advised the members on congress to not get arrested, as they are already in the minority. Given too many arrests, the re
by j_w 2y ago
The democratic leadership has allegedly advised the members on congress to not get arrested, as they are already in the minority. Given too many arrests, the republican majority will be able to easily pass nearly anything through congress.
Now it's my understanding that members of congress can't be truly arrested during session; so the above argument doesn't entirely stick for me.
- llamaimperative 2y agoI don't know, keeping people in prison definitely sounds like an official act for which POTUS is now immune.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Given too many arrests, the republican majority will be able to easily pass nearly anything through congress Source? The House isn’t close enough to a supermajority, and the Senate goes by actual votes.