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Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig Insists Clinton Could Still Be Installed as President
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | October 17, 2017 | Alex Griswold

Posted on 10/17/2017 5:22:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A Harvard Law professor posted an essay on social media recently that laid out a complicated process he believes could lead to Hillary Clinton still becoming President of the United States.

Lawrence Lessig flirted with running for president as a Democrat in 2016, but dropped out before the primaries. After Donald Trump won the election, he led a failed effort to convince the electoral college to ignore the voters' will and install Clinton.

In a Medium post last week, the professor insisted it was still possible for the eventual Democratic nominee to become president.

Lessig said the first step was proving current president Donald Trump colluded with Russian agents to win the election."If that is shown, then the first step is obvious. Trump should resign or, if he doesn’t, he should be impeached."

"The second step should be obvious as well: Pence should resign or, if he doesn’t, he should be impeached. He benefited from the criminal (and treasonous) conspiracy just as much as Trump," Lessig continued.

With Trump and Pence out of the way, the presidency would then fall to Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. But Lessig insisted it was possible Ryan would appoint Clinton his vice president and then resign.

"He should nominate the person defeated by the treason of his own party, and then step aside, and let her become the President," he argued.

"I realize this all sounds crazy right now," Lessig admitted.

However crazy it might have sounded, outlets like Newsweek treated his ideas seriously, writing a piece headlined, "How Hillary Clinton Still Can, And Should, Become President After The Trump-Russia Investigation."


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: hillary; pence; ryan; trump
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To: bitt

I can put a cow on the Moon.


61 posted on 10/17/2017 8:00:07 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am Batman. And this prof is batshit crazy.


62 posted on 10/17/2017 8:15:39 PM PDT by Salvavida (The Missouri citizen's militia sends its regards.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Please someone try to get this information to Don, I’m sure that when he hears it he will do the right thing and resign......


63 posted on 10/17/2017 8:44:55 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Charlottesville PD Motto- When things get rough, we get gone!)
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To: Leaning Right

I like the Llama in the Marco Polo commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtSfY-CWT-o


64 posted on 10/17/2017 8:58:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

hmmmm. maybe similar to the way Jack Ryan became President in “Excecutive Orders”, perhaps?


65 posted on 10/17/2017 9:17:48 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

1. Impeach Trump.

2. Impeach Pence.

3. some other stuff happens.

4. Hillary becomes President of the United States.


66 posted on 10/17/2017 9:19:46 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Leaning Right

“If you can get past the llamas”

and what if one CAN’T get past the llamas? would this work equally as well with some other animal besides llamas?


67 posted on 10/17/2017 9:23:19 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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