Douglas Heye writes the House GOP's ousting of Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position comes at a time when the party's political fortunes are very much in flux.
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In 1615, Galileo Galilei appeared before the Roman Inquisition, to defend his theory of heliocentrism – that the Earth and planets revolve around the sun. An inquisitional committee declared heliocentrism “heretical” and Pope Paul V decreed that Galileo be ordered to abandon heliocentrism.
In 1632, Galileo’s “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” was interpreted as belittling the Aristotelian geocentric theory – that the planets revolve around the Earth. Another inquisition found that Galileo was suspect of heresy, that he should be committed to house arrest, and ordered that Dialogue and further publications of his were prohibited. He remained under house arrest for the remaining nine years of his life.
The vote to oust Liz Cheney took only 16 minutes. Here s what happened. By: CNN
By Daniella Diaz and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) The vote to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position took only 16 minutes.
Before the House Republican Conference met Wednesday morning to oust the Wyoming congresswoman from her position as the third-ranking Republican member in Congress, sources told CNN they expected it to be quick.
But it happened so quickly that some members arrived just in time for the vote. It stood in contrast to the more than four-hour meeting and vote that took place on February 4 that kept Cheney in leadership at the time, following her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.