If you were Johnson and looking at these guys, would you trust *any* one of them *not* to knife you in the back if it meant getting to be the top toady to Mad Lord Yam?
Well, this was a rule that only came into existence after 9/11 and it's more of a "continuity of government" plan similar to the "designated survivor" plan for when the President gives a State of the Union.
Plus if no one knows who is next it cuts down on the palace coup risks.
Unfortunately, not for certain. If Johnson prepared his list similar to Kevin McCarthy, it's likely the names at the top are his closest allies within the caucus. But as to the *order* of those names...who knows?
If the position is vacant, a sealed list of members prepared by the Speaker is opened and the first name on the list serves as Speaker pro tempore until a new Speaker is elected.
If the Speaker were to be incapacitated, or if the position is vacant, a "Speaker pro tempore" as designated by the Speaker takes the position. If it is due to a temporary incapacity, they can serve for only 3 "legislative days" (or 10 "legislative days" if approved by the House).
In theory, yes. He's using the fig leaf that he wants the election to be "certified" first, which the AZ Secretary of State will do next Tuesday. Once the election is officially certified, then she could file suit to enforce the certificate of election and compel him to swear her in.
Unfortunately, they can't. Title 2 of the U.S. Code specifically states that the Speaker of the House *and only the Speaker* "shall" administer the Oath of Office to Members of the chamber.
Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."
“I just think insulting transgender people is completely wrong because we live in a country where we can all just be who we want to be.” ~ Zach Bryan, April 2023
Humans still have to go in and "fix" what AI gets wrong. It's not "easy mode" for anything. I had someone try to ChatGPT an explanation for why they got fired from their last job. They didn't even bother to remove the evidence they asked AI to respond *for* them. I rejected their application.
I'm kinda over the "AI is gonna revolutionize [X] and make it more accessible".
No. Because it *replicates* someone else's idea. It doesn't create - AI slop is stilted and unnatural *because* it is an algorithm spitting out things that it calculates are connected.
He's complaining that someone got 8 years for "attempted murder" when 1) they didn't get remotely close to the target and 2) they called the police *on themselves* to report they wanted to kill a Supreme Court Justice?
