Posted on 12/09/2016 2:59:05 PM PST by bobsunshine
"One could say you [Stein] sat on your rights for three weeks . . . anticipating a judicial fire drill," [U.S. District Judge] Diamond said from the bench. "Here we have a cold, hard deadline that will disenfranchise six million people, and you and your clients waited, making it almost impossible to comply."
The problem is that Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan are automatic pro-Hillary votes, and Breyer is a probable. The Clinton people would then need to work on Kennedy or Roberts, and the past has indicated that to be quite possible.
That was the goal - to wait until the last minute to throw chaos into the process.
Stein is having a rally today in Detroit at 2 PM - high of 24 in Detroit so doubtful she’ll get a huge crowd.
One big favor Stein has done is to spur every state to revisit their laws regarding recounts and tighten them up substantially.
Stein shouldn’t have been able to get to first base in any of these states, yet she got well beyond that, especially in WI where the recount will continue to its end or until the deadline is here, whichever comes first.
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good point
I can take it a step further. I wish that there be a separation of the feds and state laws that there be no outlet to ask for a review outside of state lines for anything that is not state responsibilities. The public thinks that the supreme court is the last step in appeals for anything and it isn’t, or shouldn’t be. And I think this case of the election question should be decided no higher than the state level because the vote is the state responsibility. The only time the feds should get involved is when it is a case of interstate violations like importing voters. And treated like interstate commerce.
I was always taught to solve a problem at the lowest level. Same should apply here.
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I’d like to see a tightening of REGISTRATION requirements. Here in VA we have photo ID, usually a government issued ID, i.e., driver’s license, passport, etc. However, a state college student ID will do.
How many kids come to UVA/WIlliam & Mary/George Mason, etc .... all state schools ... from NY/NJ/New England? Their votes aren’t needed back home, but sure make a difference in VA. Our law says they have to live in the state, but no one seems to pay that any mind. Our former governor, Tim Kaine, told the registrars they could go ahead and sign those kids up. And now VA is very much a purple to blue state.
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