“For the sake of the Republic it would be prudent to postpone the inauguration until this election can be sorted out properly. Part of this is due to the extraordinary measures adopted as a result of COVID-19, and part of this is due to foreign and domestic enemies intent on destrying the Republic. Some may view those as concurrent or synonymous.”
Covid is an excuse. Want precedent? There was and ELECTION HELD in 1918. It went forward even though the worst pandemic in this nations history was in effect.
Since the SCOTUS cowardice in its refusal to even entertain the Texas case, we have no Republic. They defied the constitution-the compact has been broken, and therefore whether you or I do not like it, NO STATE is bound by it any longer.
We are drawing an incorrect and draconian conclusion r.e. SCOTUS. For one, SCOTUS alone does not define the Repulic. Moreover, it is by design given limits recognized both within and without its domain. No harm in applying ourselves with cases that may redound to a swift remedy, but overall the TX suit was like an end run. The frontal assoukt is eksewhere, and the Republic is far from vanquished.