Oregon GOP state senators who staged walkout
over abortion can't run for reelection,
high court says
Posted By: Beardo, 2/1/2024 3:42:38 PM
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. The high court decided in favor of Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, who had disqualified the senators from running for office again after voters approved a measure in 2022 to amend the state constitution to ban lawmakers with more than 10 unexcused absences from running again.
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Oregon GOP state senators who staged walkout
over abortion can't run for reelection,
high court says 20 replies
over abortion can't run for reelection,
high court says 20 replies
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.
The high court decided in favor of Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, who had disqualified the senators from running for office again after voters approved a measure in 2022 to amend the state constitution to ban lawmakers with more than 10 unexcused absences from running again.
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From Wikipedia: "An ex post facto law is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law. . . . Ex post facto laws are expressly forbidden by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3 (with respect to federal laws) and Article 1, Section 10 (with respect to state laws)." I am not an expert in this area of the law, and I realize that there are some exceptions to the prohibition of ex post facto laws, however, this situation is the exact reason for the prohibition. This is more bad faith democrat election interference. I also think that the statute passed by New York that circumvented the statute of limitations so that Jean Carroll could sue Trump, is unconstitutional on the alternative grounds of ex post facto, and as a bill of attainder.