Suing Nancy Pelosi Was Reason for Sidestepping House Metal Detectors, Says GOP's Andrew Clyde

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Newsweek

Georgia congressman Andrew Clyde announced plans to sue House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after he was fined $15,000 for bypassing metal detectors to enter the Capitol.

In February, House Democrats passed a rule saying that lawmakers would be fined $5,000 for refusing to go through metal detectors outside of congressional chambers. Lawmakers who refuse again would be fined an additional $10,000. The metal detectors were put in place as an additional security precaution following the January 6 riot, where supporters of former President Donald Trump invaded the Capitol building. Lawmakers are given 30 calendar days or five legislative days to appeal the fine to the House Ethics Committee.

Clyde has broken the rule twice and told Fox News on Saturday that he did so with the plan to try to sue the House Speaker. "I did that so we would have legal standing to take the case to federal court, and that's exactly what I'm going to do," he told Fox.

Clyde said that getting fined was part of his strategy in fighting the rule, and he is prepared for a legal battle. "I'm all teed up to do that. People have to stand for the Constitution. And if I have to get fined in order to give me a legal standing to do that then I'll be fined," he told the network.



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/suing-nancy-pelosi-was-reason-for-sidestepping-house-metal-detectors-says-gops-andrew-clyde/ar-BB1eNjYz?li=BBnb7Kz

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There's no constitutional right to endanger other peoples safety you idiot.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. This dim bulb owns a GD gun store.

[robleb]

11. I'm concerned...

he looks constipated.

[CurtEastPoint]

15. I THOUGHT THAT, TOO!

[BobTheSubgenius]

25. Cranially, at the least.

[Stuart G]

13. He is so dim that he hasn't got a clue....says Stu...

He is blue,
And in a shoe,
And hasn't got a clue,
And is a total fool.....

It ain't perfect....but at least I tried...Thank You....

[AZ8theist]

16. What a stooge...

The House sets its own rules. You want to be a member, you have to follow them.



AND OF COURSE THIS ANTI-AMERICAN FACSIST SCUMBAG VOTED FOR DICTATORSHIP OVER DEMOCRACY

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html

[Lord Ludd]

22. With all respect, if you're going to mock Moran Man

please brush up on the proper use of "its" & "it's".

[AZ8theist]

23. Ooops! Thanks...didn't notice that!!

[catrose]

27. Not to mention "its' "

[Wuddles440]

42. Confused...

as it appears that the post did properly use "its" as possessive and not as the contraction "it's" for "it is" or "it has".

[Lord Ludd]

44. AZ8's original post used "it's" /nt

[Wuddles440]

47. Suspected that may have been the case.

Thanks for the clarification!

[Judi Lynn]

51. Thank gawd you got right on that. It was traumatic for some of us. n/t

[Lord Ludd]

52. Always glad to provide relief if I can.

Keep going, please; I love dueling ironies & sarcasms. Very Buckley-Vidal.

[soothsayer]

2. They passed a rule. That's the rule.

[Major Nikon]

29. Some people don't understand how democracy works

Then you have those who are fucking stupid enough to cite the Constitution on the subject without ever bothering to read the first article, specifically section 5.

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. Good luck nimrod- even SCOTUS doesn't have jurisdiction over congressional procedures

Pelosi can ignore any ruling from any judge.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. What an absolute asshole. And proud of it. Next time, cuff and stuff his ass.

[rurallib]

5. So I suspect taxpayers ( you and me) will pay his lawyers

and filing fees etc.

If he had any honor he would pay for it himself.

[Ford_Prefect]

6. That's the point, he hasn't any. He's a republican...His whole existence is based on using your tax

money to do whatever he wants to.

No rules or domestic laws apply to him or his kind. According to GOP dogma they are only there to inconvenience Democrats.

[Tommymac]

7. Eat my Grits Clyde.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. Oh good! I won't have to go thru metal detectors anymore.

I believe that's what he's suing for. They might as well start taking them out of the airports and courts now because this lawsuit is a shoe-in.

He doesn't think he's suing so he personally doesn't have to go through metal detectors, does he?
He should talk to his mentor Louis Gohmert first.

[WhiteTara]

9. The courts are absolutely not going to be involved

The House is separate and equal to the courts and can set any dang rule they want. Cool thing about this rule is that it's an automatic deduction for his paycheck.

[MichMan]

37. Pretty certain the House could pass a rule that Republicans must bow to the Speaker upon entering

[patphil]

10. He might as well try to sue God for raining on his picnic.

Just about as much chance of winning.
Where does the Republican Party find these idiots anyway?

[FakeNoose]

12. The Democratic Reps should all enter a class action suit against Andrew Clyde

What gives him the right to endanger the lives of the Democratic Congressmen? What enables him to ignore the metal detector rule that everyone else obeys every day? Let him explain to the federal judge why he's more important than all the other representatives.

[George II]

14. The article has an incorrect statement. The rule wasn't passed by "House Democrats", it was passed..

....by the House. That the republicans didn't vote for it was incidental, they could have.

And that law suit will last about as long as trump's election fraud lawsuits.

[elias7]

46. Newsweek should retract statement. That's a blatant error.

Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi has nothing to do with. It’s like holding Hillary Clinton responsible for Benghazi, and the press not hammering the point home that certain leaders are dead wrong.

[Talitha]

17. His skidmarks are smarter than he is.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. U.S. CONSTITUTION

Article I

(snip)

Section 5.

Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

(emphasis mine)

THE END.

They should recall him to active duty and court martial him for dumbassery and then put that MBA in the trash. It's useless.

[usaf-vet]

32. Glad to take his $15,000. Eleven more trips and the taxpayers will recover his yearly salary.

as "BumRushDsShow" above pointed out......

Just a little close to home. They don't even know what they are taking the oath for. And it is not just the Second Amendment... period.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-5/clause-1/

[BumRushDaShow]

35. As a related sidenote to that Article/Section/Clause

When President Obama attempted to do a Recess appointment of several positions - notably head of the CFPB and a couple NLRB members - because the argument was that despite the Senate doing "Pro-forma" sessions (gaveling in every 3 days and then eventually adjourning subject to the call of the chair within about 5 minutes after the benediction & pledge of allegiance), that they really weren't "in session" doing any legislating (no one was ever there), so they were basically "in recess".

Well the GOP had a fit (anything to thwart Obama), sued, and it went all the way to the SCOTUS (National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning) - which unanimously ruled against Obama (although with slightly differing opinions about the details) -

Supreme Court rebukes Obama on recess appointments

By Robert Barnes
June 26, 2014

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that President Obama exceeded his constitutional authority in making high-level government appointments in 2012 when he declared the Senate to be in recess and unable to act on the nominations. Obama made appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) at a time when the Senate was holding pro forma sessions every three days precisely to thwart the president’s ability to exercise the power.

“The Senate is in session when it says it is,” Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote for the court, stressing that if the Senate is able to conduct business, that is enough to keep the president from making recess appointments.

(snip)

The justices employed Founding-era documents and the long history of recess appointments — there have been thousands of them — to interpret the Constitution’s Recess Clause. It says the president “shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate.”

(snip)

It was the question of pro forma sessions that had prompted the case. Senate Democrats started such sessions in 2007 to prevent President George W. Bush from making recess appointments. Despite encouragement from his advisers to challenge the legitimacy of the sessions, he declined.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-rebukes-obama-on-recess-appointments/2014/06/26/e5e4fefa-e831-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html

In Shrub's case, I believe it was due to installing Bolton as the U.S. Representative to the U.N. via a Recess Appointment (which is temporary until the end of a Congressional session) and that atrocity prompted the then-Democratic-controlled Senate to institute the "Pro-forma" sessions via a Rule, and that Rule has remained ever since. Anyone who is a CSPAN junky can watch those brief "sessions" on CSPAN2 when the Senate is "away" (including during extended holidays or "District work periods" ) where someone volunteers (often the local and/or close-by members) to gavel them in briefly, go through the motions of "Morning Business", and then go into recess "Subject to the Call of the Chair".

Basically, the Senate made its own "Rules" (allowance for "Pro-forma" sessions) and defined what that meant (every 3 days, since there is a mention in the Constitution in that same Article 1/Section 5 with that time frame, and that is what they used) -

Article I

(snip)

Section 5.

(snip)

Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

[usaf-vet]

36. I'm pretty sure that the Congressman spent $15K for naught, as pointed out with icing on the cake.

BumRushDaShow....thanks again for the knowledgeable extended response.

And the smile and chuckle to start my Sunday morning.

[BumRushDaShow]

39. I'm glad his ass is getting his salary docked!

I wonder if any other idiots are doing the same like this guy's buddy, Loopy Gohmert (who is also appealing the initial fine) and are still trying to walk around it? I haven't heard whether Gohmert tried again and got slapped with the additional $10,000 like this one apparently did.

Could be that Clyde (who is a brand new member) is going to be the guinea pig (GOP low-hanging fruit, IOW, the sacrificial pawn).

[usaf-vet]

41. We all should wonder about the intelligence of some of the voters in this country.

I would bet Nancy Pelosi isn't losing any sleep over this issue.

[machoneman]

43. Yes! Take-His-Money! Geez, what a dumbshit. Even if this somehow makes it to the...

...Supreme Court, it will be quickly dismissed, The House as noted above has unlimited power to police its own members.

[MichMan]

38. They should pass a rule that all Republicans have to donate $$ to the DNC every day upon entering

[BumRushDaShow]

40. They are probably already claiming the fines are going directly to the DNC as their latest "CT".

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

19. The only part of the Constitution that this smuck can recite is the Second Amendment,

and even then he can only quote the second part. He also has no knowledge or understanding of the historical context of why that amendment was made to the Constitution.

Typical right-wing dork. He's going to end up paying the fines -- which are taken directly from his salary -- plus attorney fees for hiring a civilian attorney to bring a personal lawsuit.

[marble falls]

20. ...

[George McGovern]

21. Indeed

"There's no constitutional right to endanger other peoples safety you idiot." Amen to that. Thank You.

[The_Counsel]

24. Doesn't Article I Give Each House the Right to Govern Itself...?

...i.e., set it's own rules?

Didn't Clyde agree to said rules?

And even if he didn't vote for them, the majority did...so what are ya doin', Andrew?

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. Apparently, the Constitution isn't allowing you to get on airplanes with a gun.

Maybe sue the FAA or Homeland, you imbecile.

[cstanleytech]

28. Courts have little to no say in how the House conducts its internal business.

[C Moon]

30. $15,000? Ouch. That's "gun" a hurt. Dumb ass.

[elias7]

31. "Stand up for the Constitution" - the latest BS Republican meme

Never has a group of such ingenuous people been allowed to get away with such utter BS. But they’ve turned the environment into a sport, and “you’re either with us or against us” and never root (or vote) for the rival team. History will mark this time, but that doesn’t do us much good now.

Much like climate change. They’re against it, lie about it, convince their minions to fight against it, until it’s all too late. Then they’ll all say they were for it and the Democrats blocked us from doing something about it.

[Marcuse]

33. Fine him and suspend him for the day. $15k is pocket change for some grifters.

[Botany]

34. "People have to stand for the Constitution." The stupid is strong with this one Obie Wan Kanbe.

[UGADawg]

45. Clyde's district is next to Marjorie Taylor Greene's and

I live in the middle of it.

[ancianita]

48. Guess he'll fuck around and find out.

[LiberalFighter]

49. There aren't any nice things I want to happen to him.

[Aussie105]

50. A great target for the Space Lasers!

Now, where do I order a 'zzapp' and how much does it cost?

[turbinetree]

53. Expel the asshole...seriously strip of his committee assignments.........

another fucking right wing fascist law breaker.........