Reply #20: I think we agree.

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The authority of the House trumps everything else in cases like these as you say. The House can decide to swear a new member in without caviat. In that case challenges are moot - unless they are made in the House. When the House swore Busby in, the state court shut down legal proceedings in deference to the House as a higher authority. Judge Hoffman cited Article 1, Section 5 <1> of the U.S. Constitution: “Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members…

Here is a link for you when you get back since you're in a rush right now. But there's nothing there regarding other cases you mention.

http://www.networkofcitizens.org/election/Dirty30_day28.htm