It's the first time the chamber has censured someone.
This is the first time that the House has censured someone since 1983, when the penalty fell upon Dan Crane (R-IL) and Gerry Studds (D-MA) for sexually exploiting congressional pages.
But until now, no censure resolution against someone other than a member of Congress has been seriously discussed in this century.
The committee has recommended censure, though it would seem that someone with the final say on the crimes and ethical lapses of others deserves at least a lengthy suspension if not outright removal.
Representative Peter T. King, a Republican from Long Island, argues that an official, public censure would indeed be a severe blow to someone like Bill Clinton, who worries about his place in history.
The ban is absurd in a way, given that trash talk is the lingua franca of the boxing business and it is unlikely that censuring Broner will make a blind bit of difference to someone so immature.
The fact that Goodwin and other bankers at RBS have not been censured by the Financial Services Authority puzzles observers of the industry who feel that someone should be blamed for the near death of RBS.
Imagine that the academy decides to distance itself from Woody Allen, and how that would feel the morning after – not just the public censure of Allen, but the apparent punishment of Blanchett for the alleged crimes of someone else, and the question mark that would linger over an Adams win.
It respects the wrongdoer as a responsible agent to censure her, and it respects the victim (if there is one) to stand up for her as someone whose rights should have been respected.
In an effort to be trustworthy, people can subject themselves to social constraints, as someone does when she publicly declares her intention to lose weight, putting herself at risk of public censure if she fails.
