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Could the Senate expel Roy Moore if he wins?

By of-the, Weekly Standard
Published November 13, 2017 9:35pm ET
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Could the Senate expel Roy Moore if he wins?
According to the U.S. Constitution, "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member." (AP Photo/Butch Dill) | Butch Dill

This piece was first published by The Weekly Standard.

Since the Washington Post published its bombshell report Thursday — in which a woman alleges that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore molested her when she was a 14-year-old and Moore was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney — almost all Republican senators and President Trump have said that Moore should drop out of the race if the allegations are true.

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