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Rules!

PBJ69

February 8, 2017

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https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004918915/elizabeth-warren-jeff-sessions.html

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Title	Rules!
Author	PBJ69
Upvotes	0
Comments	8
Date	February 8, 2017 8:24 PM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/PussyPassDenied
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/pussypassdenied/comments/5sv8ux/rules/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/PussyPassDenied/rules.932343 https://theredarchive.com/post/932343

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[–]JohnnyKay9 2 points3 points4 points 9 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

[–]PBJ69[S] -2 points-1 points0 points 9 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

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[–]EgoSumV 5 points6 points7 points 9 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

[–]Only_A_Bear -1 points0 points1 point 9 years ago* (2 children) | Copy Link

So Rule 19 was created in 1902 after a fight broke out in the Senate between Benjamin Tillman and John McLaurin. Benjamin went into a tirade on John after he switched his position towards supporting the accord. Benjamin accused John of having been bought. And when John denied it, Benjamin attacked him. The fight caused collateral damage to other senators when they tried to pull the 2 men apart.

Following this Rule 19 was created saying;

"No Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.”

Now because the more recent political climate has been more civilized, at least in so far as senators not beating the crap out of each other, Rule 19 has not had to be inacted for a long time.

But here we are in 2017 and we are at one of the most tumultuous times in recent history. The Republicans had discussed prior to the floor debate on Jeff Sessions that they may have to use Rule 19 if the already politically charged atmosphere around the debate became inflammatory or unprofessional.

So Elizabeth Warren read from Coretta Scott King's statements regarding her scathing accusations of racism and condemnation of Jeff Sessions being nominated to be a federal judge in 1986.

The Republicans had up untill this point tolerated the Democrats attack on Jeff Sessions but then it became inflammatory, which Coretta Scott King's statements were, she said he was a disgrace to the justice department, which you can't say.

She was warned, but then said he had actively repressed the voting of black people, a serious statement which has no concrete evidence behind it. Even one of the senators who initially voted against Jeff being made a federal judge, Arlen Specter, later went on record saying his vote was a mistake, because he had "since found that Sen. Sessions is egalitarian."

So she had to sit down.

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