The only justification that makes sense is “See that ‘R’ after our names? That’s why”. And some judges would allow that.

Typically, legislatures have broad latitude to organize committees and set up rules, by majority vote. Anything that is not mandated by existing legislation or the relevant Constitution is changeable if the body votes for it, and no other branch would get up in their business over it.

However, this case may be an exception:

It takes, by statute, 68 votes for a quorum and 68 votes to pass anything in the chamber. There’s no wiggle room here. When Democrats boycotted the opening session Tuesday, NBC News reported, “Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, who controls the chamber’s gavel between sessions, adjourned the state House and said there was no quorum.” The state House, legally, could not act. Nevertheless, in a half-empty chamber, the 67 Republicans plowed ahead and elected state Rep. Lisa DeMuth as the speaker.

That means there is a law that defines quorum for this body, which the Republicans purposely ignored to install a speaker. That Speaker election will, no doubt, be challenged in court. I’d be interested to know what the Republican justification is for this…

Hey, Joey, don’t say that shit out loud. Once they realize that there is a way to access content that isn’t sufficiently monetized, they will block it. Keep it secret!

The bill faces slim chances in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

That bit is not correct, the new Senate has taken over and Republicans control the Senate now. However, it is subject to the filibuster so will need Democratic support to pass regardless.

Don’t worry, though. When it turns out that “he, alone, can’t fix it”, he’ll find some other scapegoat. It’s what he does. Nothing bad is ever his fault.

He is correct, though, that as the law currently stands, Trump can’t just get rid of him on his own authority. And changing the law does take time, theres a process to go through. It’s not like they can just pass a bill that says “Trump can do whatever he damn well pleases”. It has to be worded properly to pass legal muster. There are specific committees that deal with that stuff, and the legislators in charge of that want to keep ownership of it. And he would need to get the entire Republican Caucus to agree, since it will get no Democratic support at all. A handful of Republicans might have their own reasons to not make the changes Trump demands.

Trump can try without going through all that trouble, but the Powell gets to tell him to go pound sand, and the courts got the final say. Even if the courts are in the tank for Trump, it will still take time to resolve

If Trump wants him gone, he could probably manage it eventually, with enough effort. But will the administration be disciplined enough to see it through? They might decide other things are more important, like putting brown people in camps.