A member of Congress cannot be fired. Their appointment to Congress cannot be conditional on anything beyond the scope laid out in the Constitution. The federal government has no leverage over the employment status of a Congressperson.
This isn’t really an exception to the mandate as much as it is a statement of legal fact. Federal employees can be let go. Members of Congress cannot.
This doesn’t surprise me whatsoever.
A member of Congress cannot be fired. Their appointment to Congress cannot be conditional on anything beyond the scope laid out in the Constitution. The federal government has no leverage over the employment status of a Congressperson.
This isn’t really an exception to the mandate as much as it is a statement of legal fact. Federal employees can be let go. Members of Congress cannot.