![]() At the same time, the New York State Assembly expelled all five Socialists on general grounds of “disloyalty.” ![]() He ran again in 1919 and won again, and Congress again refused to seat him. In the fevered nationalism of World War I, Congress refused to seat Socialist Victor Berger after he won a seat in 1918. Thirty-six years earlier, Robert Fisher was booted for soliciting a bribe.īut what if a legislature decides to exercise power just because it can? Can it expel or refuse to seat a member for purely political reasons? Once upon a time it seemed so. The Tennessee House last expelled a member in 2016, when Jeremy Durham was ousted for rampant sexual misconduct. James Traficant, was removed after being convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion and didn’t have the decency to step down on his own. House, only five members have been expelled - the last, Ohio Democratic Rep.
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