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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould KY dems or the DNC sue McConnel family for proof of life?
Assume the GOP is stone-walling, how can that be fought?
I do realize that wouldn't be a friendly thing to do But we are talking not letting the GOP keep a seat occupied by a dead person.
I suppose it could istart with pubic requests of the McConnel;s family, but considering that family is knee deep in keeping Dem president from appointing a new supreme court justice, I don't seem them as people to trust
bucolic_frolic
(56,407 posts)They would stop at nothing.
31j20b3
(164 posts)Including showing us an AI generated image
Afterall, they've now got Teddy Roosevelt chatting with the dope
sop
(19,971 posts)Kentucky's governor would have to call for a special election, and voters would elect someone to serve out the remainder of McConnell's term if he passes, or whatever.
31j20b3
(164 posts)You might be right but I think the sooner such a thing is exposed the better for citizens across the country to shift their trust in the GOP
And maybe the better to get conspiracy charges 'to defraud' started
But I'm not a lying politician so I don't know how their game is really played
NoRethugFriends
(3,853 posts)And the country doesn't trust GOP. This would change nothing.
mercuryblues
(16,573 posts)As of now the rule is that the Governor has to replace with a member of the same party.
Right now, we have a non-voting GOP senator. I'm ok with that.
HAB911
(10,749 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,725 posts)HAB911
(10,749 posts)Torchlight
(7,285 posts)By the time a civil suit is prepared, launched, engaged and ruled on, it'll be next year.
31j20b3
(164 posts)Torchlight
(7,285 posts)Regardless of whether suits are filed or not?
31j20b3
(164 posts)We might find out in weeks that McConnels been dead
I would likely take much longer to gather evidence of a successful attempt to have hidden the death
Torchlight
(7,285 posts)Good luck
31j20b3
(164 posts)onenote
(46,375 posts)No. Which also is the answer to the OPs question
Sympthsical
(11,327 posts)Who watched that situation for years, all these "Can you imagine congresspeople not coming to work?!" threads got me like:

Sounds like he's on life support, tho.
Stacey Grove
(186 posts)within the framework of a failed state?
31j20b3
(164 posts)Is Kentucky the failed state or is The Federal Gov't?
I think a legal claim could be built around the notion that proof of death would be pretty good evidence that conspiracy to defraud had taken place
NoRethugFriends
(3,853 posts)NCDem47
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Fiendish Thingy
(24,581 posts)Any other speculation is kooky CT nonsense.
31j20b3
(164 posts)here in WI it's a crime to hide a death as it is in much of the western world.
Vinca
(54,582 posts)No room number, no Mitch.
maxsolomon
(39,479 posts)Nothing important is moving through the Senate this year.
usedtobedemgurl
(2,098 posts)Then the GOP supplies a list of folks who the governor can choose to take Moscow mitch's place. So, then we end up with a live person on the magat's side. They will have horrible folks on the list. Not sure it's worth the effort.
orthoclad
(5,280 posts)which is more important than freedom.
Mordred
(240 posts)Andy Barr will be the next Senator from Kentucky, whether he begins next Jan or sooner via a special election if Mitch dies before August.
31j20b3
(164 posts)Kentucky law on a person concealing a body:
Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 72.020.Duty of person, hospital, or institution finding or possessing dead body; duties of coroner, law enforcement officer, embalmer, funeral director, or ambulance service
https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-ix-counties-cities-and-other-local-units/ky-rev-st-sect-72-020/v
NoRethugFriends
(3,853 posts)31j20b3
(164 posts)and when you poke around there is a bunch of stuff to learn
NoRethugFriends
(3,853 posts)If Alito did resign, one fewer Rethug senator could mean an appointee slightly less intolerable, as more need for "moderate" (and I use the term loosely) votes.
BlueTsunami2018
(5,153 posts)Hes probably brain dead but technically alive. Theyll wait for an opportune moment to reveal.
31j20b3
(164 posts)would be pretty terrible messaging
BlueTsunami2018
(5,153 posts)What is worse messaging than refusing to release a list of pedophiles? Than electing one?
They dont give a rats ass about how it would look because no one is really going to care. Theyre all about power. Its the one thing I admire about them, they play to win.
flvegan
(66,692 posts)Just need to roll an appropriately sized cart past the McConnell house, see if they toss him on top.
It's as reasonable a solution as the OP.