Your reading of section 2(c), regarding vacancies on the committee, would seem to be at odds with the intent -- a vacancy occurs after a member of the committee stops being a member.
Section 2(a) reads: "The Speaker shall appoint 13 Members to the Select Committee, 5 of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader."
The Speaker never appointed 13 members to the committee. This rump committee (no pun intended) only has 9 members. Eight of them (including Cheney) were initially appointed by Pelosi without consultation with McCarthy. Then Pelosi rejected two of McCarthy's picks and McCarthy withdrew his entire list.
Are you saying that, as a result, the wording of the resolution gives Pelosi the powet to appoint whoever she wants without further consultation with McCarthy?
If so, could she stack the committee with four more Democrats?
But a more important question:
Can this committee lawfully issue subpoenas without the requisite 13 members? I think that the answer is clearly NO, but I have to wonder if there are judicial precedents for this type of question.
And I think the wording of the resolution "terrorism" is inaccurate and incendiary. Perhaps I'll have the opportunity to discuss this on another thread.
By what authority is Adam Kinsinger a member of this Select Committee? Is he there to make a quorum?
Pelosi's, by Section 2(c) of the resolution creating the select committee. Perhaps you could tell me by what reason he CANNOT be on the committee.
And there's no need to repeat yourself in the same threadlet. Please do avoid that.
Are you saying that Pelosi consulted with McCarthy before appointing Kinsinger?
Are you just throwing random things out hoping one of them will stick? This must be the case, given your apparent misreading of Section 2(a).
Tell me why Kinsinger CANNOT be on the committee. You make for lousy quid pro quo.
Your reading of section 2(c), regarding vacancies on the committee, would seem to be at odds with the intent -- a vacancy occurs after a member of the committee stops being a member.
Section 2(a) reads: "The Speaker shall appoint 13 Members to the Select Committee, 5 of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader."
The Speaker never appointed 13 members to the committee. This rump committee (no pun intended) only has 9 members. Eight of them (including Cheney) were initially appointed by Pelosi without consultation with McCarthy. Then Pelosi rejected two of McCarthy's picks and McCarthy withdrew his entire list.
Are you saying that, as a result, the wording of the resolution gives Pelosi the powet to appoint whoever she wants without further consultation with McCarthy?
If so, could she stack the committee with four more Democrats?
But a more important question:
Can this committee lawfully issue subpoenas without the requisite 13 members? I think that the answer is clearly NO, but I have to wonder if there are judicial precedents for this type of question.
And I think the wording of the resolution "terrorism" is inaccurate and incendiary. Perhaps I'll have the opportunity to discuss this on another thread.