I no I are an dunce - but what is GEOTUS referring to on Page 5 when he tells the drunk Speaker "Your legacy will be that of turning the House of Representatives from a revered legislative body into a Star Chamber of partisan persecution."
What's a 'Star Chamber?'
edit to add: "Legal Definition of star chamber
1: capitalized S&C : an old English court abolished in 1641 that exercised wide civil and criminal jurisdiction under rules of procedure suited to the prerogatives of the king and that was marked by secrecy, the absence of juries, self-incrimination, and an inquisitorial as opposed to accusatorial system of justice
2: a tribunal or proceeding resembling the Star Chamber especially in being secretive or arbitrary
I no I are an dunce - but what is GEOTUS referring to on Page 5 when he tells the drunk Speaker "Your legacy will be that of turning the House of Representatives from a revered legislative body into a Star Chamber of partisan persecution."
What's a 'Star Chamber?'
edit to add: "Legal Definition of star chamber 1: capitalized S&C : an old English court abolished in 1641 that exercised wide civil and criminal jurisdiction under rules of procedure suited to the prerogatives of the king and that was marked by secrecy, the absence of juries, self-incrimination, and an inquisitorial as opposed to accusatorial system of justice 2: a tribunal or proceeding resembling the Star Chamber especially in being secretive or arbitrary
Got it from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/star-chamber
Now I amn't no dunce no more forcause I learnt good.