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Russian Invasion Megathread

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[Megathread] House Speaker

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Posted by2 days ago

What is the Wagner Group's objective in their rebellion? What will happen now?

Now that the Wagner Group has declared rebellion:


  • What is the Wagner Group's objective?

  • What will happen now?

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Posted by2 days ago

How do ministers in Westminster systems juggle their MP duties?

In the U.S., members of the Congress are always busy. There's always something to address whether its legislation, committee work, constituent services, town halls, district visits, etc. I image it's similar for members of Parliament in Westminster systems.

So if an MP is appointed to a government portfolio or becomes Prime Minister, how do they do it all? Like, do the people in Papineau experience a different type of representation with Justin Trudeau as their MP than if they elected a backbencher? My assumption is that most of the MP duties are delegated to staff and then the actual MP just makes a few ceremonial local visits to keep up appearances.

American politicians don't really "stack" jobs like parliamentary countries do and I've always been curious about it.

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Posted by9 days ago

Why is the US presidential line of succession the way it is?

First you have the Vice president obviously then the house speaker and then the senate pro tempore that makes sense but after that it’s Secretary of State then treasury?

Both state and treasury aren’t elected they are just appointed?

Shouldn’t only elected positions be in the line of succession?

Shouldn’t after senate pro tempore it be senate majority leader then minority leader and then majority minority whips etc.

Tho unlikely it’s entirely possible that the Secretary of Transportation becomes the president but not say the Senate Majority leader who represents a state and has presumably been elected a number of times?

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Posted by19 days ago

ELI5: What actually qualifies as a quorum?

When I first read about what quorum meant, it seemed relatively straightforward. But the more I learned, the less I understood.

For the sake of argument, let's say you have a city council with 5 members. We'll name them A, B, C, D and E.

If A, B and C meet at a bridge to discuss possible repair work (with no public hearing posted), that's an obvious quorum (against the rules).

What if A and B meet at the bridge on Friday to discuss the bridge. Then B and C meet there on Saturday to discuss it. Even though the same information was passed between all 3, is that not a quorum?

Since the concept of a quorum predates digital communication, does that create some gray areas? For example, if 3 redditors are discussing a local event on a post in r/Akron and unknowingly all 3 are part of the same board, would that be a violation?

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