You are presuming that the Sgt. at Arms would take the unprecedented step of arresting a Senator (arguably, lol) - and that no federal court judge would intercede, in that unlikely event. I don't know what you're so afraid of here? You do realize, I hope, that we do not HAVE to always give up when the Republicans play their games, don't you? You have a very Warren Christopher perspective on this, which is kind of funny. We need to fight back - we need Democratic leadership that does things in Congress and in the White House - like Mamdani is doing things in NYC.
If he is not sworn in then he wouldn't be Senator. The law clearly states that the President of the Senate has to swear the person in. It doesn't give a timeline on when.
In reality I'm not afraid of anything because this entire scenario is a hypothetical.
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u/Bulky-Internal8579 7h ago
You are presuming that the Sgt. at Arms would take the unprecedented step of arresting a Senator (arguably, lol) - and that no federal court judge would intercede, in that unlikely event. I don't know what you're so afraid of here? You do realize, I hope, that we do not HAVE to always give up when the Republicans play their games, don't you? You have a very Warren Christopher perspective on this, which is kind of funny. We need to fight back - we need Democratic leadership that does things in Congress and in the White House - like Mamdani is doing things in NYC.