After the expulsion of McCarthy, 45 Republicans wrote this letter blaming the Democrats and seeking to change thee rule. - like they could not count as THEY expelled McCarthy, the Democrats simply did not vote to save him. here
The links working versaion of the letter faxed October4, 2023 below
REQUEST TO PURSUE EXPULSION AND/OR NEGOTIATIONS TO DO SO, OF HOUSE MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THE PAST AND ONGOING INSURRECTION EFFORTS AND IN “AID AND COMFORT” OF MR. TRUMP
Honorable Mr. Minority Leader:
Any attorney, knows the Confederate history of the answer to solve this is in the Constitution but no one will concentrate on how to get up under the legal weapon it is.
The present state of the Republican party is generally an insurrectionist party and they must be stopped. The Constitution provides the path to do so and it appears some Republicans may be open to doing so.
If people would follow and heed what the US Constitution says at Section 3 of the 14th amendment, these problems can be addressed under our law and ended cleanly. It is time to expel members of Congress whether by Legislative 2/3 vote or by quo warranto. First you need to understand Mr Trump as having been "engaged in insurrection" is not eligible for the President again - full stop. Stop calling him a candidate or front runner.
It appears Section 3 can be used to
1. Bar an insurrectionist or "aid and comfort" supporter from office (actually 2 in 1)
2. Remove same above by quo warranto from office by judicial action in a court
3, Remove same as above by internal legislative or executive action through
impeachment legislatively or constitutional state executive authority as by a governor
4. Removal of same as above for failure to act and thus being involved in the "aid and comfort" of Section 3 as any of same above.
On January 19, 2021 a letter brief style article was posted by a respected Law Professor to Lawfare here The article points out "Under the Supreme Court’s decision in Powell v. McCormack, eligibility requirements permit exclusion by a majority vote, while all other grounds must be addressed through expulsion and a two-thirds vote. ". Which tends to support that the Congress found Trump" guilty" of the incitement to insurrection, but since he had left office the two-thirds vote was irrelevant. Thus as argued herein Trump was found guilty by Congress of being engaged in insurrection., and is barred from office. The article also in a goofy way states that the matter does not belong in a court unless the court is needed to find the person was "engaged in insurrection", which is not the case here fot several reasons. The article goes on to say "Section 3 is different from a disqualification from federal office imposed as a sentence for an impeachment conviction. A disqualification sentence from the Senate is final and not, for all intents and purposes, subject to judicial review. ". Now this refers to the final sentence of Section 3, and even though the article is written to issues of removal from office by the Congress itself of a sitting member, the final sentence is a jurisdictional statement for either removal from OR bar to running for office again. The onlr escape of Section 3 is to return to Congress for relief by 2/3 vote to clear them. Trump has been "sentenced" by the senate as "engaged in insurrection" from the events of January 6, 2021 and Section 3 then self executes to bar Trump from office. Read the article and cases cited therein: however the article makes clear the Congress has a duty to expel members who violate Section 3.
The ambiguous sections of that 2021 article is settled in the Law Review article "The Sweep and Force of Section Three" which proves how Section 3 is self executing.. See , 172 U. PA. L. REV. (forthcoming 2024) by William Baude & Michael Stokes Paulsen was posted to the SSRN Network at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4532751#:~:text=Section%20Three%20of%20the%20Fourteenth,not%20been%20appreciated%20or%20enforced. (or tinyurl at => https://tinyurl.com/4ce6ef33 )
Given what the above article proves and in accord both the January 6th Committee found and what Jack Smith charged in his DC Indictment it is now firmly established, as well as subsequent actions to date that Trump and supporters are, were and continue to be "engaged in insurrection" and all persons who continue to support and act to break or usurp laws of the United States are providing both "aid and comfort" to and are themselves "engaged in insurrection" thus forfeiting their office. If Congress does not do its constitutional duty then application by quo warranto to a Federal Court is justified to Remove them all. We see now what failure to enforce the law grows to result in.
A version of this was sent October 2, 2023 to members of the ethics committee who had their fax machines on. Now that McCarthy has been removed now is the best time given the 45 day deadline to remove and expel Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz as a minimum from Congress for their insurrectionist active Those Republicans who are true patriots will join with Democrats to expel the insurrectionist members and maybe join with Democrats for a new speaker cross party. ities and supporting America's enemies providing "aid and comfort" to them.
Youtube is a wonderful place of immortalization of testimony, and testimonial evidence but it has no card catalog to return to any article and the algorithm sends one elsewhere
So, by the way, Ukraine is winning, but Congress is giving the Russians hope to hang on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJScbYEyapQ from Jake Broe an American ex Missile Officer with a channel at https://www.youtube.com/@JakeBroe and see "Reporting from Ukraine" for October 4th at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UkKTyvfZCQ and all posts for the channel at https://www.youtube.com/@RFU which is a daily running YouTube blog on the war from a Ukrainian poster. Lawrence O'Donnell gives a history lesson on the Presidents and what and who started this anti government slant and how he did America no favor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7M_RtxVB_8. Alex Wagner points out how Trump leads a mess of stupidity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCN9K6hM9vc. Morning Joe - and Joe - who is an ex-Congressman points out how Gaetz is a political child. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U_RLGXCuAE and finally an ex CIA agent explains the hypocrisy of the entire Republican party and how dim witted Trump and others have been covertly recruited by the Kremlin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_pl6bukapM. All of this the next day on October 3, 2023. On October 4, 2023 Lawrence O'Donnell has a book author guest Stuart Steven's who is a former republican strategist, author or the book "Conspiracy to End America", who the final thing the MSNBC clip on YouTube he says "85% of Trump's coalition was white in a country that's 59% white in a country that is rapidly becoming a minority majority country" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2liY7nMQw which is in essence the same thing the book "Tyranny of the Minority" argues and is spoken to by Michael Steele and the authors at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqfa38EKD4 and Alex Wagner on October 4, 2023 addresses the same thing on her show as present Speaker candidates are “White Grievance” candidates or child molesters, at near the end 8 minutes approximate ly into https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhASuzR-0H4 British fact based blogger "Joe Blogs" on YouTube posted how internally the Russian economy is collapsing at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMId3euDDqc and his YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/@JoeBlogs where plenty of previous analysis via charts and factual data is found. So Ukraine and sanctions are winning the war. But Liz Cheney points out "we're electing idiots at meidas touch network post analysis at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHeJxKn4ve4 where frankly what both are saying is people with no or limited education who do not know the law will not stretch their brain or intelligence to try to understand or even want to follow the law or rules. This is today's Republican party and it's "White Grievance" base according to Stuart Stevens. This is the Civil War never ended but only suppressed and all the more reason Section 3 of the 14th amendment is summoned to clean house literally. To refuse aid to Ukraine when the majority says yes, and to do so by manipulating the rules to accomplish denying it is usurping the “government function” and is also insurrection by 18 USC 2383.
People have warned for years Trump was going to be bad news as a President and how dumb he was. See https://www.studyinternational.com/news/trump-student-wharton/
Either lead the majority, follow the majority, or get out of the way of the majority, but to usurp or rebel and obstruct the majority in conflict is insurrection as defined in our law at 18 USC 2383 and it causes a forfeiture of office and permanent bar to office under Section 3 of the 14th amendment - full stop. Greene and Gaetz went so far as to try to shutdown the government in obstruction to their oaths and rapid dispatch to doing their jobs.. That letter is pasted below. The fax system shows it reached three Republicans on the Ethics committee and two Democrats. If they cannot help IMPROVE laws they have no place in Congress, and by the Constitution, that attempt to destroy laws is insurrection.
There is a vocal minority who believe lies told them and they scream loud but they are the minority and we know this because Mr Trump lost by 7 million votes. They are fringe "God Delusion" people usually. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZh2wstj88. These people confuse their faith and beliefs with forcing them upon others by any means necessary as just. It is a worldwide problem.
Since the Majority will not heed the minority they cheat, manipulate and attempt to force their will on the country. Some are just plain racists as the Rachel Maddow clip shows. See "Unfair game how Trump won" at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UJScbYEyapQ which at 50 minutes in to the end shows how Trump won by only 77,000 votes in three states when he was also 3 million votes behind in the popular vote.
Where we need to be working is get a voter ballot Constitutional Amendment on the ballot to enact the National Popular Vote Effort Compact into law by ballot initiatives in Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Arizona and Michigan at minimum to bake the National Popular Vote Effort Compact into those Constitutions so it can be enabled possibly in 2024. Those five states will push the enabling over the hump and Electoral College thefts will not happen again.
Since Republicans will block this effort, Democrat members will need to light up the efforts in their districts. This is promoted in the book "Tryanny of the Minority" as a solution for America in at least part. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqfa38EKD4
So right now in a bipartisan manner if if 90 Republicans vote to expel Greene and Gaetz for insurrectionist activity and all Democrats, then under Section 3 of the 14th amendment they are removed and barred from office anywhere again. That will help Americans greatly. Their Governors will send Republican replacements so no harm no foul.
******* OCTOBER 2, 2023 PASTE STARTS ******
Via fax 202-225-7392, 202-225-2016 , 202-225-5609, 202-225-8714, 202- 226-1477
Committee on Ethics (and others)
1015 Longworth House Office Building (LHOB),
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-7103 - Fax: 202-225-7392
Request to recommend expulsion of Matt Gaetz under Section 3 of the 14th amendment
Speaker Mccarthy apparently has suggested Gaetz be expelled. He is correct but not solely for the reasons Gaetz is being investigated for presently. On October 2, 2023 Rachel Maddow on her show in a long round about way shows how Gaetz is an insurrectionist inside part of a larger problem that does need Removal from Congress and could be said is in fact an enemy of the United States. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TASsqrRLhMY
Then there is a host of other shows on the subject. See. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_dNvZIxJM and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipbuYC5yQPM
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5RFrjHqq7I and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4VT-WDOpLk and while quo warranto actions are being drafted for judicial action to remove these insurrectionists and others from the Congress under Section 3 of the 14th amendment this body can do so also by recommending expulsion for the same reasons. If 90 Republicans vote for expulsion and the Democrats agree then at least one insurrectionist is removed. Seven others may discover that they are not immune to the Constitution which directs their removal by judicial action under the Constitution.
But the end result is Matt Gaetz has in the public record admitted he is an insurrectionist fighting against and to obstruct his oath and the laws of the United States by implying it is a “sin” to work with Democrats who are in effect 50% of the US Government.
Under House Rule X, the Committee is authorized to enforce standards of conduct for members, officers and employees; to investigate alleged violations of any law, rule or regulation; and to make recommendations to the House for further action. ANY LAW... https://ethics.house.gov/about/committee-history
Ukraine - Russia war is a conflict where the United States duty goes back to the Budapest Memorandum and the current conflict actually began in 2013 and actually really surrounds American companies and their contractual interests in energy of Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil. You can read about it better at. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-chevron/ukraine-signs-10-billion-shale-gas-deal-with-chevron-idUSBRE9A40ML20131105. See also YouTube video Eo6w5R6Uo8Y at 26 minutes in. Gaetz and Greene and others are clearly clueless.
Gaetz and Greene - and others who are following Trump's directives are both fraternizing with an enemy of the United States and violating their oaths of office and duty to the oath and Constitutional directives found in Section 3 of the 14th amendment.
Many of the weapons sent Ukraine are on lend-lease, are old stock we were going to retire, surplus or destroy anyway. Instead we have a chance to get a few bucks out of them one those oil and gas fields under the very area Putin rushed to annex worth billions start pumping and drilling again.
Trump, Gaetz and Elon Musk are enemies of the United States
Mr Trump is an enemy of the United States and became one by law on January 6, 2021 sending his supporters to attack the Capitol. Mr. Musk is also it seems an enemy also.
Gaetz and Greene have unwisely made no secret they are giving "aid and comfort" to Trump doing his bidding in Congress. Oh no, could it be so – to a Judge ??? Of course, as EVERY insurrectionist is an enemy of the United States by definition of their acts.
- According to 50 USCS § 2204 [Title 50. War and National Defense; Chapter 39. Spoils of War], enemy of the United States means any country, government, group, or person that has been engaged in hostilities, whether or not lawfully authorized, with the United States;
(3) the term "person" means
(A) any natural person;
(B) any corporation, partnership, or other legal entity; and
(C) any organization, association, or group.
- According to 10 U.S. Code § 948a – Definitions “hostilities” means:
(9)Hostilities.—
The term “hostilities” means any conflict subject to the laws of war.
- Mr. Trump knows he has a faction of his supporters willing to be in conflict with the United States authority and law enforcement in armed conflict for Mr. Trump’s causes and “dog whistles” directives to them where “laws of war” always applies to especially America’s own citizens but does apply here. See e.g. “Laws of war in a nutshell – Intl Comm of Red Cross” at https://www.icrc.org/en/document/what-are-rules-of-war-geneva-conventions
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is activated by the public record
But enough information and video is in the public record as testimonial evidence to show Gaetz and Greene at the root through Trump of the effort to shut down the government trying to usurp and break laws of the United States believing they can do so as legislators when they cannot. Working with insurrectionist Trump they too have become insurrectionists who have actually legally forfeited their own power to hold office.
Aid to Ukraine is an International contract obligation by the Budapest Memorandum and though some disavow that, the American business interests in Ukraine by energy equipment, contracts and platforms are what is actually being defended by the United States.
Mr Gaetz however has indicated he violating the duty to the Constitution declaring in words and actions that Democrats are and enemy justifying removal of McCarthy for doing his job under the Constitution to prevent a ridiculous insurrectionist led shutdown of the United States government. See among others https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvZFgVtCB70 and especially https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goa6y1nuuA8 where Gaetz has it exactly backwards. Working with Democrats, in essence the government is some kind of mortal sin. Gaetz is mentally deficient and ill if he thinks like he does he does nor belong in Congress or any elected office ever again. That is why he should be expelled as the Constitution demands.
In short, Section 3 disqualification appears to apply to any covered person who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and thereafter either (1) engages in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or (2) gives aid or comfort to the enemies of the United States,... ". See Congressional Research Service article https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10569 and https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/14th-amendments-disqualification-provision-and-events-jan-6 and even https://gov-shout.com/Remove_Trump as a running blog
Greene is right there with Gaetz. Both should be recommended for expulsion under Section 3 of the 14th amendment as Gaetz’ actions violate both Section 3 and 18 USC 2383 in their definitions of an insurrectionist who had “engaged in insurrection”.