The NH Democrat party is miffed. The US Supreme Court refused to hear their case. They claim they want a provision that allows disabled legislators to participate remotely in House Sessions. That’s not what they want, but we’ll get to that momentarily.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to take up the bid of New Hampshire House Democratic leaders who want to let lawmakers with disabilities attend sessions remotely. Without comment, the court denied the request to take up the dispute over whether House Speaker Sherman Packard, R-Londonderry, had “legislative immunity” over his decisions regarding House rules.
The Democrats say this is about public health and cramming 400 reps into a room, and the disabled or those with health issues that make them high risk should be able to participate from anywhere. You know, public health and all that. But New Hampshire “representatives” have been meeting in person for over 300 years (more or less) without regard for any such provision. If you made it great, if not, send someone else who can.
That sounds harsh, but before the Left called up the COVID maskhole militia, Democrats didn’t give a damn about any of this. Reps who could not serve were stepped down and were replaced. So, why the change?
In part, the Karens, and in part, the culture.
The progressives would like to normalize remote everything even though it has killed your kid’s education.
Now, to be fair, I’m a fan of things being remote. But some kids don’t learn as well that way, and the same applies to working and representing the public in elected office. Some tasks require you to be there to do them correctly.
As a citizen, you have a right to an elected representative who can be in the chamber to interact directly, on the fly, on matters of public interest because they affect your income or the regulatory state. The office is not about pandering to the elected. It is about ensuring service to the voters. In other words, it’s not about you. It is about them.
Democrats may have other motivations, but this self-serving indifference to the function of the assembly is an insult to the people and the process.
Thank you for stepping up but if you can’t do this part-time volunteer gig properly, step aside. Someone else will.
The case has been sent back to the US District Court, and the NH AG is asking them to dismiss it.
