For people concerned about possible abuse of the RI General Assembly's expulsion power, remember that there is an expressed check on it in the state Constitution. A member cannot be expelled "a second time for the same cause". (Art VI sec 7)… 1/

— Andrew Morse (@CAndrewMorse) February 22, 2018

…so an expelled member can run again and if his constituents choose to send him back to the Assembly, he could not be instantly re-expelled. It's not perfect, the voters of a district do end up going some time without representation, but they also get the final say. 2/2

— Andrew Morse (@CAndrewMorse) February 22, 2018