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Mitch McConnell Hospitalized w/ Flu-Like Symptoms
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:39 pm
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:40 pm to VoxDawg
Oh no! Perhaps Kentucky may produce a decent congressman
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:42 pm to VoxDawg
Thoughts and prayers. I guess.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:42 pm to VoxDawg
Not good at his age. The good folks of KY will pray for him and I’ll add mine.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:42 pm to VoxDawg
Last time I saw him he made Joe Biden look healthy. He needed to hang it up a long time ago, he was detrimental to both sides of the aisle.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:44 pm to VoxDawg
Term limits will never happen, but they need to exist. I absolutely despise these people who can’t step away and those who continue to prop them up as competent to keep the gravy train going.
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:45 pm to roadGator
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The good folks of KY will pray for him and I’ll add mine.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:48 pm to VoxDawg
:JeremyClarksongif: Oh no. Anyway.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:49 pm to VoxDawg
Somebody get him his adrenochrome stat.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:51 pm to roadGator
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Not good at his age. The good folks of KY will pray for him and I’ll add mine.
While this is my sentiment also, I will add, Kentucky please quit voting in idiot RINO fricktards.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:39 pm to VoxDawg
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Hospitalized w/Flu like symptoms
The Flu? I thought this was eradicated in 2020
Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:52 pm to VoxDawg
How Kentucky would replace Mitch
Some highlights from an article from around 2023, I believe.
At the urging of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2021, the Kentucky General Assembly changed a law that determined how the state would fill any potential U.S. Senate vacancies, shifting appointment power from the governor to the party of the senator leaving office.
With McConnell having another health scare Wednesday — in which he froze for more than 20 seconds at a press conference before receiving assistance from colleagues — Courier Journal readers have asked about the specifics of Kentucky's vacancy law should he not be able to serve out the remainder of his term, which ends in early 2027.
Here is a look at the specifics of Kentucky's vacancy law and the process that would be followed under it, as well as legal uncertainties it may face if a governor ever defies it or challenges it in court.
Legislature shifted appointment power from governor to party
Whereas state law previously allowed the sitting governor to make his or her own appointment to fill a Senate vacancy with no restrictions, Senate Bill 228 passed by the Kentucky legislature in the 2021 session changed that.
Under the amended law, the governor now may only choose from three names recommended by the executive committee of the outgoing senator's state party, and must make that selection within 21 days of receiving the list from the party.
After a vacancy is filled, there would be a special election with an open and bipartisan process — often referred to as a "jungle primary" — allowing any candidate gaining 1,000 signatures to run. A candidate with more than 50% of the vote would win, but if no one wins a majority of the vote, the top two vote getters would go on to a runoff election in 70 days.
The timing of that election would be determined based on when the vacancy occurred.
If the vacancy occurred more than three months before a regularly scheduled election, that's when it would take place. It the vacancy occurred less than three months before an election and a regular election is scheduled the following year, the latter election date is when the vote for the Senate seat would occur.
If there is no regular election scheduled the following year — or the vacancy occurs in a year without a regular scheduled election — the governor must within 30 days of the vacancy call for a special election to be held within 60 to 90 days, which would be conducted with the aforementioned jungle primary format.
Judging from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's veto statement for SB 228 — and recent conjecture of two attorneys with ties to the Kentucky Democratic Party — a challenge to the new vacancy law seems like a real possibility, should such a vacancy occur.
Though his veto was overridden, Beshear wrote that the changes of SB 228 violated provisions of both the federal and state constitutions on how U.S. Senate vacancies could be filled.
Beshear said the changes violate the 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which sought "to remove the power to select U.S. senators from political party bosses."
"It delegates the power to select a representative to an unelected, unaccountable political committee that only represents a fraction of Kentuckians, when a senator is supposed to represent all of us," Beshear wrote.
The 17th Amendment states that "the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct."
Beshear also wrote in his veto statement that SB 228 violates Section 152 of Kentucky's constitution, which states a governor "shall" fill appointments or vacancies in the state at large. The governor wrote that "no conditions, qualifications, or limits are placed on that appointment power" in that section of the constitution.
Some highlights from an article from around 2023, I believe.
At the urging of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2021, the Kentucky General Assembly changed a law that determined how the state would fill any potential U.S. Senate vacancies, shifting appointment power from the governor to the party of the senator leaving office.
With McConnell having another health scare Wednesday — in which he froze for more than 20 seconds at a press conference before receiving assistance from colleagues — Courier Journal readers have asked about the specifics of Kentucky's vacancy law should he not be able to serve out the remainder of his term, which ends in early 2027.
Here is a look at the specifics of Kentucky's vacancy law and the process that would be followed under it, as well as legal uncertainties it may face if a governor ever defies it or challenges it in court.
Legislature shifted appointment power from governor to party
Whereas state law previously allowed the sitting governor to make his or her own appointment to fill a Senate vacancy with no restrictions, Senate Bill 228 passed by the Kentucky legislature in the 2021 session changed that.
Under the amended law, the governor now may only choose from three names recommended by the executive committee of the outgoing senator's state party, and must make that selection within 21 days of receiving the list from the party.
After a vacancy is filled, there would be a special election with an open and bipartisan process — often referred to as a "jungle primary" — allowing any candidate gaining 1,000 signatures to run. A candidate with more than 50% of the vote would win, but if no one wins a majority of the vote, the top two vote getters would go on to a runoff election in 70 days.
The timing of that election would be determined based on when the vacancy occurred.
If the vacancy occurred more than three months before a regularly scheduled election, that's when it would take place. It the vacancy occurred less than three months before an election and a regular election is scheduled the following year, the latter election date is when the vote for the Senate seat would occur.
If there is no regular election scheduled the following year — or the vacancy occurs in a year without a regular scheduled election — the governor must within 30 days of the vacancy call for a special election to be held within 60 to 90 days, which would be conducted with the aforementioned jungle primary format.
Judging from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's veto statement for SB 228 — and recent conjecture of two attorneys with ties to the Kentucky Democratic Party — a challenge to the new vacancy law seems like a real possibility, should such a vacancy occur.
Though his veto was overridden, Beshear wrote that the changes of SB 228 violated provisions of both the federal and state constitutions on how U.S. Senate vacancies could be filled.
Beshear said the changes violate the 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which sought "to remove the power to select U.S. senators from political party bosses."
"It delegates the power to select a representative to an unelected, unaccountable political committee that only represents a fraction of Kentuckians, when a senator is supposed to represent all of us," Beshear wrote.
The 17th Amendment states that "the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct."
Beshear also wrote in his veto statement that SB 228 violates Section 152 of Kentucky's constitution, which states a governor "shall" fill appointments or vacancies in the state at large. The governor wrote that "no conditions, qualifications, or limits are placed on that appointment power" in that section of the constitution.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:10 pm to The Hurricane
I don’t understand why age is made a big issue in presidential elections (as it should be) but not in congressional elections. Their votes and decisions are just as consequential as the presidents and we should expect them to be of sound mind and health
Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:11 pm to VoxDawg
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Mitch McConnell Hospitalized w/ Fa@@ot-Like Symptoms
Fixed your title for you!
Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:12 pm to The Hurricane
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Term limits will never happen, but they need to exist. I absolutely despise these people who can’t step away and those who continue to prop them up as competent to keep the gravy train going.
Once they’re there, the only focus is staying
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