{"id":4725,"date":"2022-03-27T11:07:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T15:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2022-04-05T18:52:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T22:52:06","slug":"a-democratic-norm-endures-january-6th-congress-and-deference-to-states-election-certifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/a-democratic-norm-endures-january-6th-congress-and-deference-to-states-election-certifications\/","title":{"rendered":"A democratic norm endures January 6th: Congress and deference to states\u2019 election certifications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" data-attachment-id=\"4726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/a-democratic-norm-endures-january-6th-congress-and-deference-to-states-election-certifications\/january-6-article-elayne-allen-and-kevin-kosar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1178\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar-300x184.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar-1024x628.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar-1536x942.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/January-6-article-Elayne-Allen-and-Kevin-Kosar.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack#\/media\/File:2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol_DSC09254-2_(50820534063)_(retouched).jpg\">Tyler Merbler<\/a>, Wikipedia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the effort to subvert the counting of all states\u2019 lawfully submitted electoral slates appeared to validate the narrative of democracy\u2019s impending demise. The incident sent shock waves through all three branches of government, and the day will live in infamy. Yet, for all the awfulness of January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, the day ended positively: The democratic norm of Congress respecting states\u2019 certified elections endured. Remarkably, this norm of deference was subsequently upheld a few months later when the House of Representatives chose to let the result of a disputed Iowa election stand, despite an obvious partisan incentive to overrule it&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kevin-Kosar-Elayne-Allen-A-Democratic-Norm-Endures-January-6th.pdf\">Kevin-Kosar-Elayne-Allen-A-Democratic-Norm-Endures-January-6th<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kevin-Kosar-Elayne-Allen-A-Democratic-Norm-Endures-January-6th.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the effort to subvert the counting of all states\u2019 lawfully submitted electoral slates appeared to validate the narrative of democracy\u2019s impending demise. The incident sent shock waves through all three branches of government, and the day will live in infamy. 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