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Here's why its record-setting number of failed rules votes could possibly have a silver lining.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, faces an unclear path to the speakership after securing the GOP nomination. In the chaotic fight to replace recently ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Jordan has been making calls to shore up support for his bid after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., the initial nominee, bowed out

The House has twice elected a speaker by plurality, giving the GOP a potential path to a speakership amid a raucous Republican caucus.

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Of all the things that happen in Washington, D.C., one of the least dramatic is the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. At least for the last century, that is. This year, for the first time since 1923, that election took more than one ballot. The 15 ballots it took to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) grabbed attention, but the sound and fury kept many from understanding what the fuss was really all about.

Scott Mayhew, Innovation and the Future of IP Track Leader for the 2022 Annual Meeting Live+, has one warning to brand owners and brand professionals: “Innovate or get left behind.” In an interview with the INTA Bulletin, he looks at “innovation” through various lenses and discusses why brand owners and legal practitioners should embrace it.

Meetings? >> sure. that is a great question. ive been a lawmaker for 20 years and i understand my house practice. i understand our rules and our procedures, you know, and there is an identity to the institution and you want to be loyal to the institution but at some point there comes a time when you recognize you may have a rule or tradition that is actually impeding our constitutional right and, really, we should not have a tradition or a rule or a relic of jim crow, you know, actually take cen...

Filibuster, senator manchin and senator sinema are quite devoted to it, as is the president. do the conversations behind closed doors just have that baked in the cake or are you pressing joe manchin to reconsider his position on the filibuster in private meetings? >> sure, its a great question. i have been a lawmaker for 20 years and i understand my house practice, i understand our rules and our procedures. and there is an identity to the institution. and you want to be loyal to the institution....

Whats important here. the important thing here is democracy. whats important is our constitutional rights to vote. i am in the legislature. we have house rules and house practice, but the rules and practices do not trump our constitutional rights. very good example, we have a right to be in the house chamber, by rule, but we have a constitutional right that says we can leave in a quorum, shut down business of the legislature, and thats what we did. we shouldnt let a senate tradition infringe on ...

© Getty Images A few weeks ago, I received a press inquiry about the constitutionality of impeaching a former federal official for offenses committed while in office. In checking summaries of impeachment precedents cited in House Practice, the answer seemed quite clear: “The House and Senate have the power to impeach and try an accused official who has resigned.” (ch. 27, sec. 2).  A host of constitutional law experts are cited in support of that view in a Nov. 20, 2019, Congressional Res...