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Lies, George Santos, and the 1st Amendment

What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law

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Can the House Really Just Punish a Member of Congress?

The House voted 15 times to elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. Can the House actually just punish him for lying? Well, yes, it's complicated,. There's the theoretical versus the practical, right? So a refusal to seat Santos wouldn't even have been constitutional. But what can they do beyond that now that they've seated him? They could actually expel him.

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