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Howard Berman: “The logical conclusion of a process which says we wait until all appeals are exhausted means that the provision of the…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2002
The logical conclusion of a process which says we wait until all appeals are exhausted means that the provision of the Constitution which provides that we expel Members for the most egregious behavior is rendered a nullity. I do not think that is what our Founding Fathers intended, and that is not what we should do.
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Howard Berman
California

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Addressing the implications of postponing a decision on expelling a member until all appeals are exhausted.

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