DHS press release using “pro-terrorist conduct” framing (Harvard SEVP termination):

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/22/harvard-university-loses-student-and-exchange-visitor-program-certification-pro

Senate: “When a New Congress Begins” (certificates/credentials + oath mechanics):

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/senate-stories/when-a-new-congress-begins.htm

CRS: “The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the Senate Floor” (credentials laid before Senate; oath process):

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RS20722

Article I, Section 5 (each House judges elections/returns/qualifications) – Constitution Annotated:

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S5-C1-1/ALDE_00001039/

Powell v. McCormack (House can’t exclude a duly elected member beyond constitutional qualifications):

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/138

https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:qpr4gjglvtxexsaqpbwtna6w/post/3lprrs3tyok2e

Jack Smith's Full Deposition on the decision to indict Trump

https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/12/Smith-Depo-Transcript_Redacted-w-Errata.pdf

Politics_And_Law

The Credentials Question: Why Threshold Words Matter

Yermin

## Sources

DHS press release using “pro-terrorist conduct” framing (Harvard SEVP termination):
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/22/harvard-university-loses-student-and-exchange-visitor-program-certification-pro

Senate: “When a New Congress Begins” (certificates/credentials + oath mechanics):
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/senate-stories/when-a-new-congress-begins.htm

CRS: “The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the Senate Floor” (credentials laid before Senate; oath process):
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RS20722

Article I, Section 5 (each House judges elections/returns/qualifications) – Constitution Annotated:
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S5-C1-1/ALDE_00001039/

Powell v. McCormack (House can’t exclude a duly elected member beyond constitutional qualifications):
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/138

(Your thread / Levitan prompt):
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:qpr4gjglvtxexsaqpbwtna6w/post/3lprrs3tyok2e

Jack Smith's Full Deposition on the decision to indict Trump 
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/12/Smith-Depo-Transcript_Redacted-w-Errata.pdf

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