Thuy Newborne
Nov. 15, 2018.
On November 15, 2018, Jonathan Roesler sued the Senate on account of impending on his rights in the First Amendment. This whole ordeal happened over the Senators choosing a song of the Fashion Committee. Somebody in the Senate suggested the Soviet Union anthem, “State Anthem of the Soviet Union,” also unofficially known as “Slav’sya, Otechestvo nashi svobodnoye.” Senator Roesler, without hesitation, patriotism and loyalty to his nation, raised his hand for this song choice. Faint whispers of disapproval about Senator Roesler’s poor choice lead another Senator to a motion to rename Senator Roesler to “Comrade Stalin.” Senator Roesler was dismayed with the cruel name change, but before he can act, another Senator spoke up and motion for “Comrade Stalin” to remove his American flag pin. Nathan Barnett (Sargent in arms) moved towards Comrade Stalin to remove his pin. However, that did not sit well with Comrade Stalin either. Comrade Stalin was written up by “standard and ethics,” which are principles that when followed, promote values such as trust, good behavior, fairness, and/ or kindness. Comrade Stalin used the First Amendment and his status as “Rules Chair” to stop the Sargent in Arms from sizing his pin. Comrade Stalin filed a suit against the Senate on the premise of them violating his First Amendment and will be taking them to the Supreme Court bright and early.
Issues of the case: did the Senate violated his First Amendment? In Article 10 section 1 of the Oklahoma Constitution, “The Governor and other elective state officers, including the Justice of the Supreme Court, shall be liable and subject to impeachment for the willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, habitual drunkenness, incompetency, or any offense involving moral turpitude commitment while in office.” The fact of the case proved that Senator Roesler was the only one that voted for the national anthem of the opposing country, with a long history of hatred for America, be played in the Senate Chamber. The recommended course of action for the Senate to shut down his claim on the suit is an impeachment of Senator Roesler altogether on the grounds of violation on the Oklahoma Constitution. An impeachment, especially in the Senate, is a solemn affair. How the impeachment will be decided is “…the Senate shall be presided over by the Chief Justice… then the Senate shall elect one of its own member as presiding officer for such purpose. The House of Representatives shall present all impeachments. The constitutional conundrum of conducting an impeachment within the Senate will be the trail of the century due to the fact that a senator has never been impeached before, except for the close call of Senator Blount in 1797 on July 7th in the federal court. The trial of the century will begin shortly, stay tune comrades!