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Facing internal revolt, Mike Johnson's days as Speaker of the House are clearly numbered
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Maybe Trump's plan is to eject Johnson, get Republicans in the House to elect him to be Speaker, hold both positions at the same time (because who's gonna tell him he can't? His handpicked Supreme Court?), then simply refuse to acknowledge the results of the election if it goes South for him.
Fuck it, does the constitution say you have to be a different person from the vice president? Might as well go for the trifecta
Please someone give me a reason he can't nominate himself to the Supreme Court if a seat is vacant.
There's technically no such thing as a "vacant" seat. The constitution dictates a Supreme Court and justices but not how many. They could nominate and seat twenty more justices tomorrow.
I mean it would be fucking awful but somehow it would be wonderfully true to the sentiment history rhymes, as Hitler combined the chancellor position and the presidency in Germany together and was from then on the Führer.
I feel like Huey P. Long did something very similar to this. We'll see how it all plays out for the president.
Hopefully it ends the same way. Soon.
With two generations of his family members coming in after and stealing everything that isn't nailed down?
There's precedent that says nobody can hold two elected offices at the same time. Does that apply to the speakrship?
Precedent? What’s that? I think Donald John Trump just nominated himself to the Supreme Court and the Senate is slated to approve it.
What’s that you say? They can’t do that? Well Chief Justice Trump says it’s constitutional.
Edit: On a serious note, Speaker is not an elected position. IIRC it’s all made up and the House can choose however they want, including games of chance.
It is literally elected but ok
It’s chosen by the members of the house, however they see fit. Majority vote by members is just how they chose to do it:
“Clause 5 Impeachment The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.”
It is not an election by the people
Didn't the USSC say that the president isn't an office though? I want whatever drugs they on