House Republicans say votes taken in House under proxy plan 'cannot become law,' would be unconstitu

[EdinVA]

House Republican leadership said on Wednesday that bills passed by the House of Representatives under a new proxy voting setup aimed at preventing coronavirus spread "cannot become law" because, they claim, the voting stratagem that allows some members to cast votes on behalf of others under their explicit instruction is unconstitutional.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., lambasted the proxy voting plan during a press conference, along with a handful of other members. The House Republicans announced a lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday over the proxy voting system's constitutionality.
"Whatever the Democrats propose to bring up cannot become law because it is unconstitutional," McCarthy said. "For more than 231 years, never have we seen a proxy vote on the floor of the House. This challenges the Constitution only to protect and empower a speaker. It violates the Constitution, it's a dereliction of duty of its members."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-says-votes-taken-in-house-under-proxy-rules-cannot-become-law

[EdinVA]

So, when Rand Paul and that group were quarantined, why was there no effort to do this proxy voting then?

[Fishrrman]

In time, this issue is going to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Granted, the House and the Senate can "set their own rules" with great latitude, but if such a rule would violate the Constitution, that will become fair game (and Constitutional) for the Supreme Court to decide...