In the unlikely event SCOTUS shocks the world tomorrow by not only agreeing to consider Brunson, but also summarily ruling in favor of Brunson, it seems that would favor McCarthy. It favors him because it would create a tremendous amount of vacancies, which in turn reduces the number needed to declare a quorum is present.
The vast majority of current Representatives named in the suit are Democrats. Not sure if any current Republicans are, but for sure McCarthy is not. Suddenly McCarthy would need far less than 218 votes he currently needs.
Is that the correct read on the situation?
McCarthy's on the list of defendants.
Here is every House of Representatives defendant with a name ending in M. Copied directly from the filing. I’ve looked multiple times and don’t see his name.
NANCY MACE; TOM MALINOWSKI; CAROLYN B. MALONEY; SEAN PATRICK MALONEY; KATHY E. MANNING; THOMAS MASSIE; DORIS 0. MATSUI; LUCY MCBATH; MICHAEL T. MCCAUL; TOM MCCLINTOCK; BETTY MCCOLLUM; A. ADONALD MCEACHIN; JAMES P. MCGOVERN; PATRICK T. MCHENRY; DAVID B. MCKINLEY; JERRY MCNERNEY; GREGORY W. MEEKS; PETER MEIJER; GRACE MENG; KWEISI MFUME; MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS; JOHN R. MOOLENAAR; BLAKE D. MOORE; GWEN MOORE; JOSEPH D. MORELLE; SETH MOULTON; FRANK J. MRVAN; STEPHANIE N. MURPHY;
I wonder if they missed him out for some reason. I think they chose the defendants manually.
McCarthy is not listed.
McCarthy is not listed.