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If a senator calls your uncle a scoundrel and a shiftless nogood drifter while in the middle of a debate on the senator floor can you sue?
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∙ 16y ago
No. This senator would be excersising his freedom of speech, if we could sue someone for this, the courts would be full of these cases.
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∙ 16y ago
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After the Lincoln Douglas debate who became senator from Illinois?
Abraham Lincoln
What US senator defended the Constitution and the union in a debate in 1830?
Daniel Webster
Who did Abraham Lincoln debate in 1858?
His debate partner was Senator Stephen Douglas from Illinois. Douglas was a celebrated debater and speaker.
Who hosted the first presidential debate between senator Barack Obama and senator john mccain?
CNN televised it and Ole Miss hosted the event.
What senator spoke for much of the South during the debate over the compromise of 1850?
John Calhoun
What Senator from South Carolina defended the states' rights doctrine in senatorial debate?
John C. Calhoun
Silver tongued South Carolina senator who defended nullification in a famous debate of 1830?
Robert Y. Hayne
Silver-tongued South Carolina senator who defended nullification in a famous debate of 1830?
Robert Y. Hayne
Why were Lincoln-Douglas debating?
They both wanted to be elected senator so they had a debate just like they do in today's elections
What word describes the procedure that allows each senator to speak only an hour on a bill under debate?
Cloture
What word describes the procedure that allows each senator to speak for only one hour on a bill under debate?
Cloture.
Who was the Vice presidential candidate 1992?
Dan Quayle (Republican, incumbent Vice President and former Senator of Indiana) Al Gore (Democrat, Senator of Tennessee) James Stockdale (Retired admiral who backed independent candidate Ross Perot) The candidates had one three-way presidential debate. Dan Quayle was on his guard throughout the debate, after being humiliated in the debate with Lloyd Bentsen four years earlier. James Stockdale, by contrast, appeared confused and disorientated throughout the debate.
