Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by ModernMech on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:35AM
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What if the violence ends in everyone who opposes the President losing their lives? They get rid of all Democrats in Congress, and Republicans vote to give Trump emergency powers.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by kortilla on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:08PM
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Can’t happen. They wouldn’t be able to achieve quorum to even have the vote. Would need to wait until states appoint replacement representatives.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by ModernMech on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:14PM
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Not true at all. First and foremost, "the whole number of the House has long been viewed as the number of Members elected, sworn, and living". So if they murdered all of the Democrats the remaining Republicans would have enough members to maintain a quorum.
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/98-988
But there are other ways to get around this as well. Specifically, read sections:
- Quorum in the Case of Catastrophic Circumstances
- Voting and Quorum Procedures in the House of Representatives
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by kortilla on Saturday January 23, 2021 @05:09AM
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All Dems murdered would be catastrophic circumstances and would require the 72 hour window with the failure to reach quorum report. That’s plenty of time for states to re-appoint all of the senators and prevent the take over of the upper house.