yes, thank you!

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I am so sorry that you and your family had to go through this, Chris. What an absolute nightmare.

That’s never a solution, in my view

preaching to the choir here

If you think the courts should fix everything, then yes, I can see how you can arrive at the conclusion that nothing can be done. But it is also true that the view that I presented here might not carry the day in the courts.

*assessed (I can't spell)

So your framing is a possible off ramp, but I don't know enough about how the court has accessed that language about changing its proceedings to know what level of success it might have. Ccing the best congressional scholar on bluesky (and probably in the academy) @joshchafetz.bsky.social

...to judge the elections, qualifications, and returns of its members under Article I, Sec 5. But importantly the Court is not saying that these aspects of Art I, Sec 5 are justiciable, just that Congress cannot exercise its authority in a way that violates other parts of the Constitution. (2/3)

I certainly think its possible. Powell is based on this idea that Congress is violating one part of the Constitution (the Qualifications Clause) in how it has exercised its authority under another part of the Constitution that courts generally treat as nonjusticiable (1/2)

Is the argument that Congress changed the rules of its proceedings by refusing to open because of the shutdown?

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I had to bring my marriage license when my 16 year old daughter went to get her driver's license because her birth certificate had my maiden name rather than my married name. I had to dig up my marriage license in the year of our Lord 2025 even though I have been divorced for years now.

Wow, I am really sorry, Sam. I hope that you have a speedy recovery and that there are no other injuries. So glad your son is okay.

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