That's a good point, does CA have a succession plan in it's constitution should she not be seated?
This possibility scares me the most, God help us if it comes to this:
Each house determines the final election results of its membership. This means the Democratic majority in the U.S. House might decide not to seat duly elected Republican members to prevent the Republicans from holding a 26-seat majority in the state delegations if they, with one vote per state, are used to determine the president if no candidate has the needed absolute majority of seated electors’ votes. Given that the majority’s power to determine the membership of the body, House or Senate, is absolute, the sole check on the use of this political power is the potentially dire consequences of its abuse.
Yea.. that’s a new one on me. I’ve been trying to figure out: If the election goes to the House, Which House? The one sitting now? or, the new one?
It’s my understanding that the Constitution does not require Congress be seated as it does with the presidency
All of the Congress is running for reelection...right?
Widespread challenge of federal election results means all those running for election and reelection are no longer seated on 3 Jan if the election results are contested by then
The Senate on the other hand only has 1/3 or 1/2 (?) running for reelection. The rest including Senate Pres Pro Tempore Grassley (4th in succession) remain in office, as well as all of the Trump Cabinet officers until they are replaced by a new Pres
Conceivably if Pelosi ballots are not certified she is out on 3 Jan as well as all of the Congress. . The succession is then Grassley with SecState Pompeo next in line ( VP?)
I defer to experts to discuss this.