Yeah, djf, they sure have. But, Article II, Section 1 says that the electoral votes have to be opened by the President of the Senate who will then add up the votes with the guy/gal having the most votes becoming President.
I do not believe that process has occurred yet, though I may be wrong.
If not, and if a court could nullify a state's electors, then perhaps JFK-lite could win.
Now I am not sure a court could do such a thing.
Should one do so, there would be a Constitutional crisis that this country has not seen and certainly does not need.
I think that most of we, the people, vote, and then accept the results, even if at times some of them smell a bit (and I am not saying this election reeks at all).
We want to move on, make a living and raise our kids knowing that the country will survive.
To make every election a legal circus is unacceptable and could destroy the fabric of our country.
I doubt even JFK-lite would allow this to happen. If he did so, and succeeded, he would have no authority to rule; his presidency would be a sham.
I doubt that even he would want to go down in history as a guy who became president but helped destroy the county.
Once the electoral college has met, a court no longer has any jurisdiction. Only Congress does from that point. The only recourse Kerry would have would be to get some judge/court to order the legislature to send up a 2nd set of electors. Nobody can force Congress as to which slate they accept. Kerry simply does not have the votes in the House of Representatives. He loses.
Thank god the grown-ups (i.e., the republicans) control Congress. Can anyone imagine the kind of mischief that might result if the democrats were? If they did, I really think they'd be crazed enough to send Bush packing, even tho' he won the popular vote, the electoral vote, and they're just pretending their trumped-up conspiracies are a reality.
Hells bells, I'm pretty sure there'd be a shooting civil war.
"I doubt that even he would want to go down in history as a guy who became president but helped destroy the county."
OMG, THAT is all Jfn K HAS EVER DONE!
The Constitution specifies that electors will be appointed by the legislatures of the states in whatever manner they choose. This is one of the reasons the rulings of the Florida SC were instantly and unanimously vacated by the USSC in 2000. The SC-FLA had tried to interfere with the state laws as set by the legislature. On this, the court has no jurisdiction.
The electors having been duly certified by the legislature of the State of Ohio, no power in the world can overturn them other than outright malfeasance by the courts and the police. If that happens, we have more than a crisis on our hands.
This article is written by an insanely delusional liberal on an insanely delusional website and our comments on it should be that of sarcasm and comedy, nothing else.
Since this delusional article has been already discussed on Dummyland; let PJ Comix handle it on his Dummie Funnies thread because he will make it a hilarious one.