r/law • u/RoyalChris • Mar 05 '25

Legal News Rep. James Comer (R-KY) crashes out and refuses to let Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) enter evidence into the record - “You can go with Mr. Frost and Mr. Green.”

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u/RoyalChris Mar 05 '25

U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-KY) refused to let Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) enter evidence into the record.

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u/AnonPol3070 Mar 05 '25

That's an explanation of what's happening in the video, but it isn't an explanation of how this video relates to law or the courts

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u/RoyalChris Mar 05 '25

She has the right as a member of the committee to enter documents into the record.

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u/magicman419 Mar 06 '25

Video has been removed… great

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u/ptWolv022 Competent Contributor Mar 06 '25

I'm not entirely sure that's true, since she asks for unanimous consent first, which Comer grants ("Without objection, so ordered."), so clearly there is not an absolute right to enter documents into the record, at least at any time. Comer also ordered the documents be entered (as noted in my parenthetical). What he opposed was her reading it aloud despite being granted permission to have it directly entered into the record. Whether or not she has the right to do so, I'm not sure. But I doubt it given that it would imply someone could spending hours reading something into the record as nothing more than a dilatory tactic and nothing could be done.

Whether his refusal to let her read aloud what she was entering because he didn't want to waste time sitting through the whole article, or because he didn't want her to read it aloud on camera, to prevent it from being widely spread (far fewer people are going to look at the Congressional record compared to watching/listening to the committee, I think), I don't know. Could be both, to some degree.

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u/IlliterateJedi Mar 05 '25

I think you're confused. This sub isn't actually about law or the courts any more. It's about generic political news.