My point is that the committee was supposed to have an equal number if Democrats and Republicans, with the chair (a Democrat) breaking tie votes and with the Republican members chosen by the Republican leadership. Neither of those two requirements happened.
There is no law anywhere that requires a criminal investigation to have equal number of Democrats and Republicans. No law anywhere at all that says that.
So, for example, if the Jan 06 committee found crimes and every member was a member of the Democratic Party, it would still be a crime.
You're mixing apples with oranges. The Senate Republicans blocked an INDEPENDENT inquiry, and now we have a HOUSE committee that is not lawfully constituted, voiding their subpoena power.
Did you, or did you not, say "the committee was supposed to have an equal number if Democrats and Republicans, with the chair (a Democrat) breaking tie votes and with the Republican members chosen by the Republican leadership. Neither of those two requirements happened."?
That is the point of discussion that YOU established in this thread, and I addressed it.
So out of what orifice did you pull your idea of "requirements" for an investigatory committee of a house of Congress to be "lawfully constituted"? The members the Repub leader nominated for the committee had a common characteristic: a demonstrated propensity for grandstanding bloviation at sufficient length to keep any honest business from being done.
That would seem to be a delightfully Machiavellian argument for throwing out the agreement under which the committee was constituted in the first place. I'm reminded of how the United States first got a United Nations resolution to protect civilians, and then went far beyond that mandate to unleash bloody hell on that country.
Two of the Rs' 5 choices for the original version of the committee were rejected because their choice was obviously for the precise purpose of keeping the committee from functioning. The minority then ordered his other 3 not to serve. Only 2 then volunteered to participate in doing what history demands. That's not a "Machiavellian argument" in the sense in which you seem to mean it; it's an entirely appropriate reason in view of the importance -- not to the D party, but to our system of gov't -- of getting the job done (and it's *still* questionable that they'll get it done before the clock runs out). And you still haven't mounted any defense of your not-"lawfully constituted" characterization.
So what’s your point?
My point is that the committee was supposed to have an equal number if Democrats and Republicans, with the chair (a Democrat) breaking tie votes and with the Republican members chosen by the Republican leadership. Neither of those two requirements happened.
There is no law anywhere that requires a criminal investigation to have equal number of Democrats and Republicans. No law anywhere at all that says that.
So, for example, if the Jan 06 committee found crimes and every member was a member of the Democratic Party, it would still be a crime.
Republicans filibustered the bill with the "equal number" requirement. It would be specious to blame Democrats, let alone Biden, for that.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/politics/january-6-commission-vote-senate/index.html
You're mixing apples with oranges. The Senate Republicans blocked an INDEPENDENT inquiry, and now we have a HOUSE committee that is not lawfully constituted, voiding their subpoena power.
"You're mixing apples with oranges."
Did you, or did you not, say "the committee was supposed to have an equal number if Democrats and Republicans, with the chair (a Democrat) breaking tie votes and with the Republican members chosen by the Republican leadership. Neither of those two requirements happened."?
That is the point of discussion that YOU established in this thread, and I addressed it.
Requirements? Hah.
The requirements come from the agreement under which the committee was set up.
So out of what orifice did you pull your idea of "requirements" for an investigatory committee of a house of Congress to be "lawfully constituted"? The members the Repub leader nominated for the committee had a common characteristic: a demonstrated propensity for grandstanding bloviation at sufficient length to keep any honest business from being done.
That would seem to be a delightfully Machiavellian argument for throwing out the agreement under which the committee was constituted in the first place. I'm reminded of how the United States first got a United Nations resolution to protect civilians, and then went far beyond that mandate to unleash bloody hell on that country.
Two of the Rs' 5 choices for the original version of the committee were rejected because their choice was obviously for the precise purpose of keeping the committee from functioning. The minority then ordered his other 3 not to serve. Only 2 then volunteered to participate in doing what history demands. That's not a "Machiavellian argument" in the sense in which you seem to mean it; it's an entirely appropriate reason in view of the importance -- not to the D party, but to our system of gov't -- of getting the job done (and it's *still* questionable that they'll get it done before the clock runs out). And you still haven't mounted any defense of your not-"lawfully constituted" characterization.