Season 3, Episode 3 (Show 107): Speaker-ish

January 6, 2023

The House continues frozen in Speaker-less limbo, now for a fourth day.  This special episode uploads early so you can be armed with history, structure, rules, and anecdotes to better take in this history in the making.

On this second anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, we’re back early – as promised in our last episode – to help you take in the spectacle underway on the floor of the House of Representatives.  We give you the historical background, the constitutional framework, and we look at some of the tactical and political machinations playing out in as close to real time as podcasts allow.  We also peek at the still-simmering Santos situation, which takes us back into the law classroom for a look at the classic case of Powell v. McCormack and how it resonates in this situation.  This is “next week’s episode” this week to keep you ahead of the game.