When Congress reassembles:
1. Republicans should immediately withdraw their remaining objections and allow for expeditious certification of Biden's victory.
2. The House should immediately proceed to vote on Articles of Impeachment against President Trump.
In that order.
"Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" tweeted the president of the United States on December 19.
He is 💯% responsible for the appalling violence at the Capitol today.
Hakeem Jeffries says members plan to return and certify the Electoral College. Members from both parties applaud.
But first, they’re still clearing the Capitol.
@questauthority I went through that VA Law Review article the other day. Other than a provocative title, it doesn’t support their position at all. Worth reading though, pretty interesting history there.
@AkivaMCohen Each new Congress (so far) incorporates the ECA rules into the concurrent resolution that defines the procedure for the joint session - https://t.co/tn5rIZ2uN4 “according to the rules by law provided”
@groguet01@questauthority Which means the 1877 Congress isn’t unconstitutionally binding this Congress, since they’ll (likely) opt back into the rules.
@JeremySF Arch, you should switch. Worth the initial setup pain. The package manager is way better, and rolling releases means you don’t have to add random PPAs to get reasonably up-to-date stuff.