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  If Biden wins the Electoral College, does he remain President?
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« on: July 03, 2022, 02:48:54 PM »

I think that the Supreme Court will endorse the ISL theory and allow the GOP state legislatures to award the election to the Republican nominee. January 6, 2021, failed because there were institutional checks and balances in place, which are being systematically removed as we speak. They will be gone by 2024.

As such, I'm voting No.

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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2022, 03:10:54 PM »
« Edited: July 03, 2022, 03:14:14 PM by emailking »

They can already just directly appoint the electors if they want to, like was common in the 18th and early 19th centuries. If they want, they can use a state funded poll (election) to advise that. SCOTUS has been pretty clear their power is broad here. They do have to give themselves the authority to do this before the election. So in Arizona maybe it's a problem. Not likely to hinge on Arizona though.

Also I accidentally voted No so take one away from that.
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2022, 04:47:53 PM »

States cannot just throw electors out and nominate their own slate of them. Even if the court were to rule in favor of ISTL, that ruling would revolve around gerrymandering and not a state just throwing out electors.

Trump tried this in 2020 and got slapped down multiple times by every court, including SCOTUS. Did people just forget about that?
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« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2022, 04:57:38 PM »

Federal law mandates the electors be appointed by the first Tuesday in November. So they still would not be able to throw out votes. What I am frightened by is the prospect that they will cancel the popular vote before the election-but there will be inevitable lawsuits under the 14th Amendment (depriving the people of rights without due process), and that will likely cause civil war.
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« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2022, 05:19:17 PM »

States cannot just throw electors out and nominate their own slate of them. Even if the court were to rule in favor of ISTL, that ruling would revolve around gerrymandering and not a state just throwing out electors.

Trump tried this in 2020 and got slapped down multiple times by every court, including SCOTUS. Did people just forget about that?
Not even Clarence Thomas or Alito would somehow support appointing false slates of electors. 
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« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2022, 05:30:42 PM »

States cannot just throw electors out and nominate their own slate of them. Even if the court were to rule in favor of ISTL, that ruling would revolve around gerrymandering and not a state just throwing out electors.

Trump tried this in 2020 and got slapped down multiple times by every court, including SCOTUS. Did people just forget about that?
Not even Clarence Thomas or Alito would somehow support appointing false slates of electors. 

I'm not sure about those 2, but the obsession here with SCOTUS allowing this is getting very annoying.   
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« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2022, 05:32:49 PM »

I think that the Supreme Court will endorse the ISL theory and allow the GOP state legislatures to award the election to the Republican nominee. January 6, 2021, failed because there were institutional checks and balances in place, which are being systematically removed as we speak. They will be gone by 2024.

As such, I'm voting No.



There is something wrong with your head.
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« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2022, 05:37:02 PM »

Touch grass
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« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2022, 09:34:17 PM »

Yes, but it's likely going to have to be past any "plausible deniability".
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