The reality is that the LAST people conducting ethics investigations on Congresscritters or Senators or deciding the results (and I am okay with calling them punishments, because, IDK, maybe they SHOULD be punishing instead of nothingburgers) is Congresscritters and Senators.
Of course, that is also the LAST thing that Congresscriters and Senators want, so ya. I wonder why that might be....
There are things that you should be automatically expelled for, period--like the things that Santos has been alleged to have done or maybe misusing the info you have access to and making you and yourself a lot of money with it... or being an insurrectionist.
And you should be barred from holding office again, there are plenty of people out there quite capable of being a Congresscritter or Senator (even if a lot of them don't have the money or connections to actually get elected). It isn't like it is an actual difficult skillset or requires much intelligence.
The reality is that the LAST people conducting ethics investigations on Congresscritters or Senators or deciding the results (and I am okay with calling them punishments, because, IDK, maybe they SHOULD be punishing instead of nothingburgers) is Congresscritters and Senators.
Of course, that is also the LAST thing that Congresscriters and Senators want, so ya. I wonder why that might be....
There are things that you should be automatically expelled for, period--like the things that Santos has been alleged to have done or maybe misusing the info you have access to and making you and yourself a lot of money with it... or being an insurrectionist.
And you should be barred from holding office again, there are plenty of people out there quite capable of being a Congresscritter or Senator (even if a lot of them don't have the money or connections to actually get elected). It isn't like it is an actual difficult skillset or requires much intelligence.