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Interesting proposition. There was a time in our history that the Congress would basically tell the SCOTUS "We're not following your ruling, what're you going to do about it?" It seems an even easier lift would be to tell a state supreme court to pound sand.

“(It would not be so indispensable, perhaps, if Southern white voters would ever support black candidates.)” Just off the top of my head >>>>> Senator Tim Scott (SC) Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-38) Meanwhile, the one majority-minority black congressional district in TN is held by a White Democrat.

In fact, Democrats should sue precisely on these grounds (although I'm almost positive that this increasingly rogue Supreme Court would rule against them).

America is a 1 party system like China Russia North Korea freedom is a lie

But who is the Congress that makes those decisions? First one in the door declares himself Speaker, locks the door, and only seats those who agree that he should remain Speaker?

This will keep me up at night. Like I needed another reason.

and when moses mike refuses to seat the new dem majority next yr? i’m all for constitutional hardball, but this is playing with fire.

this is a fantasy. the house can't do anything before the members are sworn in, at which point it is too late to refuse to seat any of them.

Let's break this down further. Cassidy IS a conservative. He's an educated doctor. The primary apparatus will select someone on the order of a lobotomized MTG. A large swath of voters are being economically squeezed in a worsening environment. They either want more of the same or change.

Nationally, Ds have won 30 races since then overperforming by 10+. A district Gerrymandering to R 55 will on average flip blue.

You need to get your water from a reservoir that's not nearly empty.

Refuse to seat congresspeople from states that refuse to allow Black Americans a political voice on the grounds that this is not a republican form of government as required in the constitution.

Not in the fucking South. "Party" polarization there is just white vs black.

Terrific photo choice

Except there is no Congress on Jan 3. The House ceases to exist as a body and reappears in whole at noon on Jan 3. The outgoing congressional majority could refuse to leave and declare itself a rump Congress with the power to not seat newly elected reps, sure, but that would be a coup d’état.