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Adjunct Professor of Law - James W. Hendrix is a Lubbock native and a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He presides over federal civil and criminal cases in the Northern District's Lubbock, Abilene, and San Angelo Divisions. He is a member of the Fifth Circuit's Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Committee and the Northern District of Texas's Local Rules Committee.





A federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday that proxy votes made in the House during the COVID-19 pandemic should not have counted toward the body’s quorum, calling into question the validity of votes during that period and opening the door to potential legal challenges to some pandemic-era legislation.

The rule, implemented by House Democrats amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, allowed the House to pass legislation without a physical quorum of members present, counting toward a quorum those who attended and voted virtually or by proxy.

But each chamber has the constitutional authority to make its own rules by I believe a simple majority.

U.S. Constitution
Article 1, Section 5, Paragraph 2
"Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings"
 
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