Occupy the Senate?

[walleye26]

Let’s say the following scenario happens: GOP loses 6 seats in the November election, and is trying to push through a justice in a lame-duck session. If thousands of people just nonviolently, peacefully, just occupied the Senate to prevent them from being able to meet, would that be seen as legitimate? I looked up a quorum for the Senate, and it’s 51. Maybe if Republicans who donate want to vote yes and all the Democrats leave, denying a quorum, then McConnell wouldn’t have the number to hold business!?
Edit: occupy the Senate would be like sit-ins of the 1960s. Just occupy the space so that they can’t meet as a delaying tactic until Kelly can be seated.

[Koharu]

I've actually heard of people recommending this online.

Trump and his supporters would not see it as legitimate, obviously. I'm not sure how other Americans would view it.

[7,052,770]

Not a great precedent to set, honestly.

Just nuke the filibuster in January and repeal everything Republicans passed, along with passing Biden's entire platform.

[SevenEleven]

Abolish the Senate.

[President Johnson]

What is stopping police forces to remove them?

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

A 6/3 CRT is gonna only reaffirm legal immigration, make sure Unions dont have total control over Campaign finance reform, we still have Markey, not Joe Kenned and he was a producer of Unions.

We arent going back to Jim Crow which were ushered by Dixicrats and just like Lincoln, banned by a compassionate conservative Warren

[GeneralMacArthur]

All these kinds of stalling tactics that people are proposing -- occupy the Senate, debt ceiling fight, stall covid legislation, impeachment -- will just hurt Democratic odds of retaking the White House and Senate.  If you don't win both of those fights -- and they are both close -- then the stalling achieves nothing.

The nominee can't be stopped.

[Crumpets]

Because it worked so well all the other times we've tried things like that.

[walleye26]

What is stopping police forces to remove them?

Nothing, but it buys you a few days.

[walleye26]

What about if Collins, Romney, and Murkowski join all 47 Democrats and don’t show up to the Senate? Per constitution, there would not be a quorum (51 senators).

[lfromnj]

What about if Collins, Romney, and Murkowski join all 47 Democrats and don’t show up to the Senate? Per constitution, there would not be a quorum (51 senators).

You still need the 51st person to call for the quorum as no other senator would actually call for the quorum.

[Tekken_Guy]

What about if Collins, Romney, and Murkowski join all 47 Democrats and don’t show up to the Senate? Per constitution, there would not be a quorum (51 senators).

Then the GOP will probably try to get Pence counted as 51.

[walleye26]

What about if Collins, Romney, and Murkowski join all 47 Democrats and don’t show up to the Senate? Per constitution, there would not be a quorum (51 senators).

Then the GOP will probably try to get Pence counted as 51.

I don’t think he would count.