Thinking the Unthinkable.

• Position: Stateline - Possible legislators' deaths - Brief Article

U.S. Representative Brian Baird of Washington has introduced a constitutional amendment that would allow governors to appoint U.S. House members to 90-day terms in the event that a quarter of all representatives (109) are killed, disabled, missing or presumed dead in a natural disaster or terrorist attack. He's worried that without such an amendment the government could grind to a...