There is a simple way to alleviate this problem - simply pass a law to deny seating representatives from states that refuse to abide by federal court decisions. You don't want to play by the rules, or comply with federal court decisions? Then you don't get to seat any Congresspeople elected under illegal maps or prohibited voter suppress…
There is a simple way to alleviate this problem - simply pass a law to deny seating representatives from states that refuse to abide by federal court decisions. You don't want to play by the rules, or comply with federal court decisions? Then you don't get to seat any Congresspeople elected under illegal maps or prohibited voter suppression.....seems to me there actually may be a provision in the Constitution or a voting law about that, but I am not sure.
Bruce, I agree and apparently any returning member of the House can challenge the seating of delegations on a state by state basis. On January 3, 2021 Rep. Chip Roy did exactly that. Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy challenged the seating of the delegations from Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada, essentially saying that if there was widespread fraud in those states -- as Trump and his followers claimed -- then so are the elections of those House delegations. The move from Roy, who had previously spoken out against his fellow Republicans (then) expected plan to challenge the certification of the electoral votes on January 6 forced a vote from the House on whether they thought the House members should be sworn in, and putting the whole chamber on the record.
I’d also add to the list of representatives from states with unlawful congressional maps, the House members that were in on the planning of the January 6th insurrection including Gym Jordan (R-OH) and Scott Perry (R-PA)
They are disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Let them all contest it out in federal court, in which case they’d need to prove their state’s maps are legal or that they weren’t insurrectionists. Meanwhile, the rest of the House can get on with the country’s business.
There is a simple way to alleviate this problem - simply pass a law to deny seating representatives from states that refuse to abide by federal court decisions. You don't want to play by the rules, or comply with federal court decisions? Then you don't get to seat any Congresspeople elected under illegal maps or prohibited voter suppression.....seems to me there actually may be a provision in the Constitution or a voting law about that, but I am not sure.
Brilliant!
Bruce, I agree and apparently any returning member of the House can challenge the seating of delegations on a state by state basis. On January 3, 2021 Rep. Chip Roy did exactly that. Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy challenged the seating of the delegations from Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada, essentially saying that if there was widespread fraud in those states -- as Trump and his followers claimed -- then so are the elections of those House delegations. The move from Roy, who had previously spoken out against his fellow Republicans (then) expected plan to challenge the certification of the electoral votes on January 6 forced a vote from the House on whether they thought the House members should be sworn in, and putting the whole chamber on the record.
I’d also add to the list of representatives from states with unlawful congressional maps, the House members that were in on the planning of the January 6th insurrection including Gym Jordan (R-OH) and Scott Perry (R-PA)
They are disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Let them all contest it out in federal court, in which case they’d need to prove their state’s maps are legal or that they weren’t insurrectionists. Meanwhile, the rest of the House can get on with the country’s business.