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To: stars & stripes forever

Ok, technical question for you smart constitutional folks.

What if the Supreme Court declares the election to be null and void due to constitutional violations or fraud or...?

Does the House vote for President? What about the other races on the ballots?


726 posted on 11/05/2020 7:20:49 PM PST by Professional
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To: Professional

Not a smart constitutional person...

Does the President have the power to nullify the election?


731 posted on 11/05/2020 7:23:47 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is he nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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“What if the Supreme Court declares the election to be null and void due to constitutional violations or fraud or...?”

There is no election to declare void. There are 50 state elections. There are no grounds to declare most of them void. Only the states that are dirty need to be cleaned through the courts.


737 posted on 11/05/2020 7:27:00 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Ghislaine Maxwell lives and Joe Biden is losing.)
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The Supreme Court lacks the authority to void a national election. Only Congress can set a date for a new election, provided the president signs it into law, and they are bound by dates that are hard-coded in the Constitution.

State legislatures, however, have a plenary and nonjusticiable power to choose electors, even if that means overriding the popular vote in the state. The Supreme Court can remand the choice of electors to the state legislature due to irregularities or other issues. This is what the Court should have done in Bush v. Gore in 2000 rather than stopping the Florida recount.

738 posted on 11/05/2020 7:27:14 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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