Democrat Tom Suozzi received a particular Home election to interchange George Santos, however Home Republicans have refused to seat him.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) stated on MSNBC, “Two weeks in the past when Tom Suozzi wins in a blowout election on Lengthy Island and asks to be seated and Chief Jeffries requested to seat Suozzi that week. Republicans have seated their members prior to now once they win that week, and so they refuse to seat him, and that’s due to the skinny majority that they’ve. So we’ll come again, and I hope he’s seated, however they’ve proven that they’ll play it quick and unfastened if it advantages them.”
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In the 1969 case Powell v. McCormack, the Supreme Court docket dominated that the Home has no authority over whether or not or to not seat duly-elected candidates. The authority of the Home to take away a member solely takes impact after that member is sworn in.
As Rep. Swalwell stated, Home Republicans are taking part in quick and unfastened with the legislation. Speaker Mike Johnson hasn’t stated he wouldn’t seat Suozzi, however he’s dragging his toes earlier than he fulfills his constitutional responsibility as a result of as soon as the Democrats formally choose up one other seat, the Home Republican majority will shrink to 2 votes.
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The Suozzi delay is one other instance of the lawlessness that may be a defining attribute of the Trump Republican Occasion, and hopefully, Rep-Elect Suozzi will probably be seated when the Home comes again into session.
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