Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman
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I used to write laws… then I invented Knee Defender. ex-HPSCI, ex-Senate tech, taxes, trade/FP, impeachment, ethics, antitrust… crime & even reputed parliamentarian
![Portion of the Constitution, Article I, SECTION 5 –
"Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections [and] Returns... of its own Members"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mf6x4tcxia23iqiflhqtv2dg/bafkreifeet4drkv76j64x3jnnzakpulvxmcvfsztds22p3usuvialqtcni)
![LINK: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-14-mn-9372-story.html
Los Angeles Times
Reagan Calls Bork Battle Ugly; Democrats Fire Back : 3 Networks Refuse to Air Talks
L.A. Times Archives
Oct. 14, 1987 12 AM PT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
[snip]
Criticizing the major networks' decision to pass up Reagan's address, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that he was "very disturbed" by their action and that they were "shunning an important public responsibility."
Asked if there would be any repercussions, he said, "No comment."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mf6x4tcxia23iqiflhqtv2dg/bafkreiax57rlzxwkrijkxtx5eerwl3xaw2hgorsxarbk3nukwinxqewabq)
![From the Senate-dot-gov website.
Home » About » Powers & Procedures » Investigations
Special Committee to Investigate Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts
Resolution passed: February 25, 1933
Chairman - Senator Hugo Black (D-AL)
[snip]
Facing such firm opposition, Chairman Black relied on the creativity of committee investigators to secure the vital evidence. In one case, two postal workers sorted through trash bags searching for scraps of subpoenaed papers. After hours of tedious work, they succeeded in piecing several documents back together and the reassembled letters were found to contain information relevant to the investigation. The committee charged four men with contempt for attempting to destroy subpoenaed materials. The Senate found two of those men, including MacCracken, in contempt of Congress and held them in the District of Columbia jail for 10 days. A Supreme Court decision, Jurney v. MacCracken (1935), upheld Congress's right to punish private citizens for contempt.
www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mail-contracts.htm](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mf6x4tcxia23iqiflhqtv2dg/bafkreiebw4d3bmut56gmxu3nih7xjr4psbpylko4u7uy3hkqkotcwpwc6e)
![UPI ARCHIVES NOV. 1,1980
50-state survey shows election a tossup
By CLAY F. RICHARDS, UPI Political Writer
Ronald Reagan still leads President Carter in the 1980 battle for the White House, but the president's dramatic surge in the last three weeks makes the contest a tossup, UPI's final 50-state survey showed Saturday.
[snip]
The survey also showed likely Republican gains in the House and Senate, but nowhere near the numbers needed to topple Democratic control of Congress.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mf6x4tcxia23iqiflhqtv2dg/bafkreielsxuminitmf7ikspmsoaowzsrs3w4hqcm3ib7b5wemesjshuo6m)
