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It probably would, what I was try to do is be VERY explicit because lawyers will be going over every line looking for ways to get out of complying.
Personally, I would like to see this Federal Law rather than just State Law or a combination of both. We need to do everything possible to get our country back.
The Federal government has the power to inflict punishment to the sates when they ‘get out of hand’.
Your post was excellent and needs to be enacted to start on the road to reinstalling our Republic based on the Constitution.
I had a longer bill drafted that sought to be more specific in the procedures, so there would be absolutely no loopholes. Like you, I noticed that the lawyers look for ways to slice and dice so they can worm their way out of a law actually meaning anything concrete.
The feedback I got was that lawmakers wouldn’t have the patience to go over something that tedious. So I shortened it to include almost all that I had.
It’s quite a balancing act.
One of the things that most concerns me is whether or not the people have a way to hold the bureaucrats, courts, lawmakers, etc accountable to the rule of law. It might seem like this bill is just about eligibility but it really has a lot more to do with the rule of law, and the ability of the people to hold government at ALL LEVELS accountable.
I’m not sure what role the federal government has, according to the Constitution. I’ve struggled over that a lot, as different people have said that Congress can contest eligibility when it counts the electoral votes. Only the courts can interpret and apply the Constitution, so if Congress was going to take up the issue of eligibility the only way they could Constitutionally do it would be by filing a case in the courts and letting the courts decide it.
There’s no question that the states are supposed to choose Presidential electors, so the states are probably the clearest route for enforcing eligibility requirements, although the ultimate interpretation of the Constitution always has to be done by the judiciary. I think this bill would make sure the Constitution is honored and obeyed in that way.