Indictments and arrests are separate from decisions about the status of individual Congresspeople. They must be made by the House or Senate.
The classic case is the House expelling Preston Brooks in 1856 for beating Charles Sumner half to death. Brooks was promptly reelected by his constituents. (He died within a year, ensuring his statu…
Indictments and arrests are separate from decisions about the status of individual Congresspeople. They must be made by the House or Senate.
The classic case is the House expelling Preston Brooks in 1856 for beating Charles Sumner half to death. Brooks was promptly reelected by his constituents. (He died within a year, ensuring his status as a nasty footnote in American history.) NB, his home district of Edgefield SC was the most violent county in the entire country.
D Donald, Charles Sumner & the Coming of the Civil War
J Freeman, The Field of Blood
S Puleo, The Caning
PS, I often leave a modest offering at the Sumner statue in Harvard Square when passing by. It's literally putting in my two cents worth.
Thank you too, Eileen. The ST is actually named after someone else who's less important, a MA governor's son. But I revere Sen Sumner, and thus also associate the tunnel with him.
Indictments and arrests are separate from decisions about the status of individual Congresspeople. They must be made by the House or Senate.
The classic case is the House expelling Preston Brooks in 1856 for beating Charles Sumner half to death. Brooks was promptly reelected by his constituents. (He died within a year, ensuring his status as a nasty footnote in American history.) NB, his home district of Edgefield SC was the most violent county in the entire country.
D Donald, Charles Sumner & the Coming of the Civil War
J Freeman, The Field of Blood
S Puleo, The Caning
PS, I often leave a modest offering at the Sumner statue in Harvard Square when passing by. It's literally putting in my two cents worth.
Thank you for the history and book titles! I used to go through the Charles Sumner tunnel as a young girl. Never appreciated the history.
Thank you too, Eileen. The ST is actually named after someone else who's less important, a MA governor's son. But I revere Sen Sumner, and thus also associate the tunnel with him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Tunnel.