If you’re confused about how this attempted power grab was done –
- State House has 134 members, evenly split 67-67 Democrat/Republican
- Quorum is 68 members present; if fewer members are present, there is no quorum, and anything done by the reps present isn’t binding
- Republican reps refused to seat one Democratic rep, on the grounds that that rep didn’t live in his home district
- Democratic reps boycotted House sessions, leaving only the 67 Republican reps present
- Sec of State said “No quorum, session adjourned”
- Republican reps pretended that the Democrat they refused to seat didn’t exist, which by their “math” made quorum 67 members present
- Republican reps voted for a Speaker
- Democrats petitioned the court to put a stop to this
- Court said “Republicans, you’re wrong”
Take note that this hinged on a couple of very important things:
- All Republican reps were in lockstep (par for the course)
- All Democratic reps were in lockstep (holy shit, really?)
This probably isn’t over. Good luck, Minnesota.
If they weren’t punished they won’t learn much. Now if all the Republicans who tried this mini-coup were removed from office, that’d be a start.
This is the kind of thing needed at the federal level, a unified opposition to the MAGA bullshit instead of this stupid griping that the Dems don’t do anything.
Where there is no enforcement, there is no law.
Exactly. They need to stop treating these “lawmakers” as coworkers they sometimes disagree with but want to co-author a bill with later.
When they commit felonies, perjury, discrimination, treason, make threats… They need to be tried just like anyone not in Congress would be.
As long as the Dems in control DON’T do this, they’re not only complicit, but they’re enabling worse behavior in the future.
stupid griping that the Dems don’t do anything.
That’s hardly fair. The Dems did plenty to bring us to where we are today. They just didn’t do anything to stop it.
Okay, but how many federal judges were appointed by Trump?
This feels like patching a damn with bubble gum. They will continue to create their own rules and laws and only follow the ones they want. It’s only a matter of days or weeks before the federal courts will be stripped of any real power and Republicans in power at all levels will do exactly what they want without fear of reprisal.
It’s great that this was blocked by the courts, but this will not be the end.
