# What if all the SCOTUS justices needed replaced? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 21, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-scotus-justices-needed-replaced/749790 "2016-03-21T18:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-scotus-justices-needed-replaced/749790/10 "2016-03-22T00:46:56Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > …If absolutely everyone in the presidential line of succession and more than half the Senate got wiped out AND the entire Supreme Court then we would have a lot bigger issue to deal with than worrying about the Court. The ranks of the Senate can be replenished with gubernatorial appointees very quickly. The Speaker of the House comes right after the Vice-President so the surviving representatives could elect a new Speaker who would then immediately be sworn into office as President and resign from Congress. Assuming “a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business” in Article I, Section 5, Clause 1 refers only to members living & sworn into office and vacant seats don’t count then the solve surviving member would be able to elect himself Speaker and assume the Presidency. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-scotus-justices-needed-replaced/749790)._