I used to dress flamboyant af when I first started practicing law, for a solid 5-6 years (my OG associate-but-really-my-boss @MarissaMeredith would have the stats)
Around 2018 though I got tired of spending energy piecing together coordinating colors ๐ด๐ผ
From then on it was white shirt, flamboyant tie, coordinating pocket silk if I felt like digging for one
And then jeans and a t-shirt on days I didn't have court
Grabbing lunch at one of my frequent spots, sitting by the kitchen this time. The overhead music is early-'70s elevator music and it's awful. The kitchen is listening to early-'00s rap and I'm debating how weird it would be for me to ask them to turn it up
Like I can hear Still D.R.E. bumping in the left ear rn, and it would be such an improvement over whatever is in my right ear ๐
The kitchen is currently Eminem's Without Me (2002). The front is Van Morrison's Moondance (1970). It's quite the auditory experience ๐
Seems like McCarthy is gonna have to drop out at some point. If him capitulating to the Qaucus last night didn't shift any votes, I don't see how he gets them
If McCarthy dropped, I figure at some point you get someone McCarthy-adjacent like Scalise
Dems aren't gonna bail the Rs out because they have no real reason to do so; any deal they struck would be unenforceable, and none of the Rs who could win with D help are trustworthy
Part of me wonders if this is all scripted so they can end the stalemate on January 6th, as a way of trying to water down the press coverage of the 1-year anniversary of the insurrection
โก๏ธ No, does not have to be a member (though all have been)
โก๏ธ No, does not have to be a citizen (though all have been; also, a non-citizen would be unable to serve in the presidential chain of succession under the Presidential Succession Act)
The Constitution does not provide any qualifications for Speaker (except that they were chosen by the House of course); there are also no real statutory requirements I've been able to find either
But they do need to be capable of entering into oaths (2 USC ยง25), so likely yes