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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on May 27, 2020, 03:02:08 pm
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House Republicans Sue Nancy Pelosi Over Power-Grabbing Proxy Voting Rules
May 27, 2020 By Tristan Justice
House Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an effort to block sweeping rule changes that would upend more than 200 years of precedent and present serious risks to chamber security systems.
Filed Tuesday evening by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California in the D.C. District Court with 20 more GOP lawmakers and four constituents, Republicans argue the new rules granting widespread proxy voting are unconstitutional and fly in the face of how the nation’s founders intended its legislature to operate.
“In the 231-year existence of the United States Congress, neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate has ever permitted a member to vote by proxy from the floor of the chamber,†the lawsuit opens. “Through the Civil War; through the burning of the Capitol during the War of 1812 and the terrorist attach on Washington on 9/11; and through the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 and the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918, the Congress of the United States has never before flinched from its constitutional duty to assemble at the Nation’s Capital and conduct the People’s business in times of national peril.â€
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https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/27/house-republicans-sue-nancy-pelosi-over-power-grabbing-proxy-voting-rules/
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This will eventually end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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This will eventually end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Well, I hope the proxies get a smackdown.
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Well, I hope the proxies get a smackdown.
They sure oughta.
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They sure oughta.
It would also help strengthen any challenge to voting by mail (a form of proxy) vs voting in person.
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It would also help strengthen any challenge to voting by mail (a form of proxy) vs voting in person.
I have retained my handicap designation till this day... so I don't have a problem with absentee voting for folks that can't get around... I get that... for the military... for folks caught away from home. Heck, I would even support voting online in those cases. But those are exceptions that can be heavily monitored so there is no fraud and no double dipping.
For the rest, for the capable, considering the inability to monitor the whole herd, there is just no better guardian of democratic voting than to show up in person.
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I have retained my handicap designation till this day... so I don't have a problem with absentee voting for folks that can't get around... I get that... for the military... for folks caught away from home. Heck, I would even support voting online in those cases. But those are exceptions that can be heavily monitored so there is no fraud and no double dipping.
For the rest, for the capable, considering the inability to monitor the whole herd, there is just no better guardian of democratic voting than to show up in person.
I fully agree. So, if its still a thing, maintain your six feet separation. The line will just move that much quicker.