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As Alex V wrote, former State Senator Hiram Monserrate was expelled from the State Senate earlier this month for being convicted of misdemeanor assault on his girlfriend. He was the first state legislator to be from office since the early part of the last century. His response was to sue a bunch of state officials arguing that the Senate had no power to expel him. Further he and voters from his district claim in the suit that by expelling him the State Senate denied the rights of the voters who elected him.  Today Judge William H. Pauley denied those claims. You can read the decision on the NY Times site here. My favorite quotation from the the decision: In an … More >>