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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
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Linus, from the Peanuts comic
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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
I'm not so sure about that, but I don't think it's important enough to look up. Just so long as you're retracting your silly suggestion that Trump call Congress into session and force his way to the podium during that session, then I've done my part to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.
Oh. So you do want to throw the Constitution out the window and appoint Trump God Emperor, and were lying when you said you didn't.
Thank the real God you don't have the power to do it.
LOL
He will call them into session from the podium after taking his place on it in preparation for fulfilling his Constitutional mandate.
There is nothing unconstitutional about him showing up at the Capitol building and calling on Congress to receive the SOTU.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
He doesn’t have to go to the capitol to give the report. He can give a speech anywhere he likes and send his report in writing. Whenever he likes. The January date is merely tradition.
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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
To some.
Personally, I think the SOTU is a waste of time, and I wouldn't fault anyone for skipping it.
But it's not just that they won't be compelled, but also that Trump has no constitutional authority to compel them to even if he wanted to. That's kind of what was being debated.
Compelling individuals to attend was never under discussion as far as I know, what is under discussion is whether he can hold the SOTU speech at the Capitol and call on Congress to attend.
He can and all of the Republicans will attend and the SCOTUS Justices will attend (except RBG if she is dead or dying) and it is likely that many Demoncrats will defy Nancy and attend.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
I honestly don't know if he can requisition the Capitol building for it without Congress's agreement to that. But as for "calling on them" to attend, sure, of course he could do that anyway, without needing any constitutional authority to do so, just as anyone can call on anyone else to do anything at all. As long as we're not talking about anything that carries any kind of authority to compel them with it.
I think the executive branch has a better claim to own and control of the building (at least when the Congress isn't using it) than the legislative branch.
The President might face a "what if they threw a party and nobody came" problem in theory but it would never actually play out that way in practice.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Is that about individuals? or the Houses of Congress?
Are all individuals compelled to be present every time Congress convenes?Originally Posted by Swordsmyth
All he needs (maybe) is permission to come to one House or the other and speak, the he can invite everyone to come and hear him.
Since he has the power to convene both Houses he should be able to compel their appearance whenever and wherever he wants to give the speech.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
You don't understand the difference between groups and individuals?
The Republicans will show up anywhere he tells them and so will many of the Demoncrats, therefore the Houses of Congress will be convened but nobody will start a manhunt and drag Nancy or any of the other far left lunatics there at gun point.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
What? Whoa. Where the f'k are you going with this? I seriously doubt democrats are going to be arrested for not attending. I recall some refused to attend the SOTU in 2017 and nothing came of it.
You're trying really hard to make it not seem like Nancy is being really desperate here. She doesn't have the sole power to commandeer the Capitol building, and she's acting like a clown. The SCOTUS is probably gonna intervene if she doesn't relent, and Nancy doesn't have the support there for a favorable decision.
She's got nothing, but her beady bug eyes and the gavel that makes her think she's a god.
T.S. Eliot's The Hollow Men
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato
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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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