By admin Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig warned a University of South Carolina law school audience late last month that House Republicans may refuse to seat Democratic winners when Congress convenes Jan. 3. He delivered the remarks as the inaugural speaker in a new USC law school lecture series on democracy and the rule of law.
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Here are key takeaways:
- Luttig told roughly 300 people at the law school that “House Republicans are poised to claim that the midterm elections were stolen from them when they meet on January 3 to decide which members-elect will be seated in the 120th Congress.”
- In recent weeks, Luttig has appeared on national news shows such as MS NOW to warn of a possible ”Trump-inspired coup attempt” in the U.S. House in January. He also wrote an article in the New Republic expanding on his theory. “America’s time of testing has come,” Luttig told the law school crowd.
- A White House spokeswoman responded: “No one has any idea who this retired judge is. He has no insight into the President’s thinking, conversations, or future plans.” House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office had not replied to The State’s query on Luttig’s remarks.
- Luttig, 72, served on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1991 to 2006, clerked for Antonin Scalia, worked in the Reagan White House and was general counsel for Boeing from 2006 to 2020.
- Polls favor Democrats to gain seats in the 435-member House, which currently holds 218 Republicans, 214 Democrats and one independent.
- The lecture series was endowed by James E. Bowers, 79, the first African American professor at the USC law school. Law school dean William Hubbard also addressed the crowd on the rule of law.
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