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Oregon Supreme Court Blocks 10 Republicans
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Posted By: earlybird, 2/1/2024 12:53:13 PM

Ten Republican senators in Oregon cannot run for reelection, the state’s top court ruled on Feb. 1. The court found that the senators are banned from running for reelection under a constitutional amendment approved in 2022. Measure 113, the amendment, states that lawmakers who miss at least 10 legislative days without an excuse cannot seek reelection.The ruling upheld a decision from Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, a Democrat. Ms. Griffin-Valade said in 2023 that the senators, under the measure, could not try for another term. “My decision honors the voters’ intent by enforcing the measure the way it was commonly understood when Oregonians added it to our state constitution,”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: faceincrowd 2/1/2024 1:06:12 PM (No. 1648915)
If you live in Oregon still, you will take to communism easily.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Words have Meaning 2/1/2024 1:11:00 PM (No. 1648919)
Oregon is a beautiful state but is now a toilet bowl of DEI and a total lost cause. Truth hurts.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chance_232 2/1/2024 1:25:13 PM (No. 1648921)
Wait….. Oregon has a constitutional amendment that bars legislators from running for re-election if they fail to show up for work? And they are surprised that the court is upholding the law as written??? The voters aren’t being denied. Their elected legislative candidate did that on their own. Suck it up buttercup.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: kiwinews 2/1/2024 1:29:55 PM (No. 1648923)
If the law is applied to all and the situation is as described, those 10 senators have no one to blame but themselves.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Starboard_side 2/1/2024 1:43:00 PM (No. 1648925)
Wasn't this due to the Democrats trying to pass some sort of legislation that the Republicans disagreed with so they stayed away to prevent the quorum? Who is in charge of determining if an absence is excusable?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: thomthomp 2/1/2024 1:43:42 PM (No. 1648927)
Two questions. 1. Were there Democrat Senators who missed 10 days and NOT banned? 2. Who gets to decide what a valid excuse is?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: john56 2/1/2024 1:49:37 PM (No. 1648935)
Two ideas. Write them in on election day. SCOTUS
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Reply 8 - Posted by: jasonB 2/1/2024 1:50:33 PM (No. 1648936)
LOL, this sounds very Middle School to me. "You need a note from your Mom.". That said, IF it applied evenly, go for it. If you can't be bothered with your job, that the taxpayers fund, Adios. Again, the devil is in the details.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 2/1/2024 2:23:59 PM (No. 1648955)
Dems always cheat. Cheating and fraud are core Democrat Party values.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: chumley 2/1/2024 2:27:28 PM (No. 1648959)
Show up for work and this wont happen. If I'd done a no-call no-show I would have lost my job after one. Just because someone is a politician doesn't make them special.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Hermoine 2/1/2024 3:30:12 PM (No. 1648976)
These were not "uexcused" absences. These Senators were actively and boldly representing their districts by denying a quorum to Democrats who sought to vote on a slew of WOKE agenda items. From the article: The senators in question, including state Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, missed more than 10 days in 2023 while protesting Democrat-sponsored bills on abortion and other issues. Their walkout delayed voting because it resulted in a lack of quorum, or the minimum number of senators needed to be present to hold a vote. Another article from Just the News is even more descriptive: "The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that 10 Republican state senators are ineligible to run for reelection after they participated in a quorum-denying walkout for six weeks last year to stall legislation on abortion, transgender treatments and firearms." It is the only way for Republicans to have a voice in Oregon. Remember when the entire TX house delegation fled to Oklahoma to avoid a vote?! I wonder if they can appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. I doubt it, but I guess it's worth a shot.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: smokincol 2/1/2024 3:37:16 PM (No. 1648978)
of course, all the elected demcommies in Oregon are exempt from this "constitutional amendment" and will have a free run at turning the state into "The Gulag Archipelago" a la "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn"
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Rumblehog 2/1/2024 4:02:27 PM (No. 1648990)
Do this against Demonrats and the first thing they'll do is yell, "RACIST!." In Demo-land, it's OK to pull a Fire Alarm to shut down the government, and get away with it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Skinnydip 2/1/2024 4:11:33 PM (No. 1648995)
This "law" is being applied ex post facto which is unconstitutional. Dem judge will be overturned.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: DVC 2/1/2024 5:48:51 PM (No. 1649034)
Absolutely, completely unconstitutional.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Lawsy0 2/1/2024 10:24:57 PM (No. 1649150)
Is this otherwise known as the To Hell With Voters mandate?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: 5 handicap 2/2/2024 5:55:56 AM (No. 1649236)
One cannot be an America and have all the rights of America Citizens in Oregon! No matter your choice, the filthy Communists have decided that only "approved" candidates can be elected to represent you!
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