Putin could be Speaker of the House if the GOP regains control.

[rickford66]

[Wabbajack_]

1. Contrary to various theories

The Speaker has to be a member of the House. It's implicit, just like the Speaker has to be alive (so FDR is out) and a human (so Flipper is out).


The Republican Speaker race (ugh) would be McCarthy/Scalise/ Jordan/Maybe Cheney

[rickford66]

2. What I found

Technically, there is no rule in the Constitution or the rules of the House that requires the Speaker to be a member of Congress, but the tradition predates the Constitution itself.


https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/2090/what-are-the-legal-requirements-to-be-speaker-of-the-us-house-of-representatives

[Wabbajack_]

3. Like I said, it's implicit

It isn't said because it doesn't need to be said. The entire notion is ridiculous, as ridiculous as electing a pre-schooler (no age limit? right?).

One day in 1997 some (Republican) idiot who didn't like the Gingrich decided to vote for a member who had retired and was gone and suddenly this stupid theory crops up.

[rickford66]

4. Trump seems to ignore a lot of implicit things.

The GOP would probably win in court today.

[shanti]

5. Different times not n/t

[greytdemocrat]

6. Stupid post.

Just what the Right is looking for.

[Gothmog]

7. Or Kevin McCarthy