State Senators Barred from Running for Re-election

[WuWei]

And no more voting “present”

[TheRedComet]

Yepp. If you get on the pot either take a dump or get lost.

[WuWei]

Vote “Recuse” so we know.

[Guvnah]

@Sknyluv

In this case, members of the minority party simply decided not to participate in the process in order to stop legislation they disagreed with from being approved. The voters decided there should be repercussions for that action and approved a law aimed at preventing that form of opposition.

In a sense, the legislators conducted civil disobedience. One of the principles of civil disobedience is (or at least used to be) willingness to bear the legal penalties for the action.

The legislators knew the penalties. They must accept them.

I can understand the suit. But now that question has been settled. They made their beds. They must lay in them.