benchesilence
/ˈbɛntʃˌsaɪləns/nounVerified NewThe punishment of a legislator by institutional invisibility — no committees, no floor time, no funding, no mention.
Nothing is taken that can be named as a right; the member simply stops existing procedurally. Party discipline at its quietest.
Etym. — bench + silence; the sanction is an absence, so the word names an absence.
Rel. — benchbaron
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