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dweller

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8. What the Constitution says is

Fri Oct 6, 2023, 10:08 AM

Oct 2023

The House of Representatives shall chuse (sic) their Speaker and other Officers.

No one is saying the officers can be other than elected reps .
I wonder why that is ?
And every speaker has been an elected Rep so far in our govt’s history .

I think this concept that Speaker doesn’t have to be an elected Rep is BS and only became a discussion around 2015 .
Convenient isn’t it .

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Is this another flaw in our Constitution? [View all] PJMcK Oct 2023 OP

Like Gerald Ford Walleye Oct 2023 #1

Not sure I understand your post - Ford was an elected member of the House Dave says Oct 2023 #16

Now do Vice President Rockefeller Effete Snob Oct 2023 #22

He was never elected President/Vice President treestar Oct 2023 #38

Yes I'm sorry I thought you meant not elected by the whole country. I misread Walleye Oct 2023 #42

yes, good point. RicROC Oct 2023 #2

One time in our nation's history has a VP not been elected to that position. WestMichRad Oct 2023 #6

Please acquaint yourself with the 25th Amendment Effete Snob Oct 2023 #9

I can sympathize with the poster's mistake... Hugin Oct 2023 #24

. Effete Snob Oct 2023 #28

! Hugin Oct 2023 #29

Oh please ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #55

I pay attention to who the VP on a ticket is... Hugin Oct 2023 #60

Not correct WestMichRad Oct 2023 #10

But they probably don't want it! lol DemocraticPatriot Oct 2023 #50

You realize that the Constitution doesn't call for the PRESIDENT to face the nation's voters? brooklynite Oct 2023 #3

PJMcK......... Upthevibe Oct 2023 #4

Post removed Post removed Oct 2023 #5

How did he get to be VP? WestMichRad Oct 2023 #11

Post removed Post removed Oct 2023 #14

Wait, wait: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #13

He was appointed by Ford in 1974 Effete Snob Oct 2023 #15

Okay, I see. At the TIME he was appointed, he was a private citizen. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #17

Immediately before he was governor of NY... Effete Snob Oct 2023 #18

I was alive at the time and not stoned continuously. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #23

"He did know his way around various government operations." Effete Snob Oct 2023 #26

Nelson Rockefeller had extensive government experience ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #56

I forgot about old Rocky Dave says Oct 2023 #19

See my username? Effete Snob Oct 2023 #20

Nabobs of negativism would have been a good name also rurallib Oct 2023 #25

Yah, if there's ever another name change cycle Effete Snob Oct 2023 #27

Well... maybe not. Scrivener7 Oct 2023 #63

Your snark is rather rude PJMcK Oct 2023 #30

Please DM for a full refund Effete Snob Oct 2023 #32

Sounds serious. Torchlight Oct 2023 #33

Not even noon... Effete Snob Oct 2023 #35

ok Torchlight Oct 2023 #36

Today is definitely not your day. Spazito Oct 2023 #47

Funny how this wasn't a "flaw" sarisataka Oct 2023 #7

Amazing inthewind21 Oct 2023 #39

What the Constitution says is dweller Oct 2023 #8

When did they decide the Pope didn't have to be Italian? Effete Snob Oct 2023 #21

Saint Peter? SomewhereInTheMiddle Oct 2023 #31

Nice Effete Snob Oct 2023 #34

Again, I point you to Rodrigo Borgia ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Oct 2023 #41

Non-members of the House have been nominated for Speaker on several occasions onenote Oct 2023 #40

If Trump Wants to Be Speaker, He'll Need a House Seat dweller Oct 2023 #43

Can you briefly summarize their argument? onenote Oct 2023 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Oct 2023 #62

I posted what I could see dweller Oct 2023 #46

I edited my previous post to add a reference to the official Guide to the Rules, Procedure and onenote Oct 2023 #48

And I'm curious where in the Constitution does it say it dweller Oct 2023 #49

I'm curious where the Constitution says the speaker must be chosen from among the members. onenote Oct 2023 #52

OK , then by that logic dweller Oct 2023 #53

And the Senate could confirm Putin as secretary of defense or as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court onenote Oct 2023 #54

Most in the line of succession haven't "faced the nation's voters". sir pball Oct 2023 #12

I don't see it as an inherant flaw. Torchlight Oct 2023 #37

It's manner in which... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #44

The line of succession is not part of the constitution Shrek Oct 2023 #51

Good grief ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #57

What about the Vice President? former9thward Oct 2023 #58

Supreme Court Justices are a far better example. n/t Hugin Oct 2023 #61

I like it, cool little technically that likely will never happen Polybius Oct 2023 #59