Nancy Pelosi — “Permanent Chair of the Convention,” whatever that title means — called for a motion to suspend the rules so that the convention could approve Joe Biden as the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate by acclimation. The motion was moved and seconded, and then approved; I didn’t hear any opposition when she called for “no” votes. So the motion passed, and Pelosi then announced that Biden had been nominated by acclimation. Strictly speaking, that’s not true: all that was approved was the suspension of the rules. Procedurally speaking, there should then have been a motion to approve Biden by acclimation. There wasn’t.
Apparently, the logic of theatrics took precedence over the logic of Robert’s Rules.
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson is Professor of International Studies in the School of International Service, and also Director of the AU Honors program. He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Relations and Development, and is currently Series Editor of the University of Michigan Press' book series Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics.
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