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> Couldn't Biden do an end run around the Republicans by strategically calling an emergency session after hours via Article II, Section 3 of the constitution O
by gpm 3y ago
> Couldn't Biden do an end run around the Republicans by strategically calling an emergency session after hours via Article II, Section 3 of the constitution
Of all the nuclear options I've seen proposed, this seems the most nuclear.
- yamtaddle 3y agoYeah, we've definitely begun exploring all the various ways our system is broken & vulnerable if too many people in the wrong positions decide to behave in bad faith and ignore all notions of the spirit of rules & laws or of fair play, but I'm not sure I want us to speed-run that process.
- no_wizard 3y agoIt would only work once. The only thing you need for this to be stopped is having the speaker of the house present to deny the quorum under rules. you're basically counting on absence for this to work. Its a one shot deal (the end run around this is just having the majority speaker camp out near the house at all times)