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Interview with Vincent Fort (Democrat – 39th – Fulton)

Published on June 5, 2006 in Podcast. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

He sued the Senate Leadership to have Senate Rule declared unconsitutional. This is the rule which was intended to place a gag order on any one who filed an ethics complaint against a Senator. You can talk about a Senator all you want but if you actually go to the trouble to file a complaint against a Senator with the Senate itself, you lose your right to say a word about it–to anyone! In the interview, Fort indicates that the Senate Leadership has acknowledged defeat. Even I know a bill like this was unconstitutional.

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