# CT Recall Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ct-recall-question/517020 "2009-11-10T07:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ct-recall-question/517020/5 "2009-11-20T16:54:41Z")
This post was intended for the now-closed thread with the same general subject. I see that here it’s cumulative information, but I already typed it, so… > [@CT Voters and Lieberman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ct-voters-and-lieberman/518289/6): > > Not true, it is left up to the states. 19 states currently allow recall. > > I forgot I asked this before. I’m more angry now. He ran as a moderate Democrat, then when he lost that he ran as a moderate Independent. He’s gone way over the edge. This guy endorsed the Republican presidential candidate and is now fighting the public option. He is threatening to filibuster even though he is on record against that tactic. Not true, yourself. You night be relying on [this page](http://www.ncsl.org/LegislaturesElections/ElectionsCampaigns/RecallofStateOfficials/tabid/16581/Default.aspx), or on some source that in turn relied on this page. But please note it’s for recall of state officials. Even if a state passed laws that purported to affect its U.S. Senators, they would very likely have no effect. We learn this from the the 1967 case of Idaho Senator Frank Church, who was the target of a recall effort by one Ron Rankin, a county commissioner who evidently thought Church sucked. Too bad, said the federal court: the U.S. Constitution overrides any state laws that purport to authorize recall, so you can’t do it. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ct-recall-question/517020)._