Does Federal Law Require Stevens to Be Expelled?

By C. Simon Davidson
Roll Call Contributing Writer

November 17, 2008

Q: I need you to settle a debate. I am an Alaska voter and had always presumed that if the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens (R) resulted in a conviction, he would be required to leave the Senate. However, now that he has been convicted, a friend of mine says that I am wrong. He says that if Stevens is re-elected, the Senate would not expel him. Who is right?

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