Posted on 07/06/2008 4:36:14 PM PDT by 21stCenturyFreeThinker
I've never posted a vanity before but I couldn't think of another place to post this. It seems like it should be an important part of the Obama birth certificate discussion.
Anyway, I got to wondering what would happen if Obama were to win the election in November but then be found to be ineligible for the office. Timing would make a huge difference in the outcome.
The possibilities I see are:
1) He is exposed after the electoral college votes but before taking office. The 20th amendment says the VP elect gets it.2) He is exposed after taking office. The VP assumes the office under the usual rules of succession.
3) He is exposed between the election and the time the electoral college votes. In this case the electors pledged to Obama would be free to elect another candidate. Not necessarily one who actually ran for president.
Scenario 3 would open the way the way for a much more radical candidate to assume the presidency and would make the election of 2000 look like a cakewalk. A scary result for sure but it doesn't look like it would pose any Constitutional problems. That's the way the electoral college is designed. I don't see anything for the courts to do in such a case. The choice of the electors would take office.
The whole subject of the electoral college is relevant here. Remember the November election is just to choose the electors for each state. The electors are the ones who actually vote for president and are at best loosely bound to their candidate. Each party chooses who the electors are in case they win. You can bet they are almost all enthusiastic supporters of their respective candidates.
For some background see this discussion of faithless electors. on Wikipedia. There is some discussion of Scenario 3 in there.
I'm not a constitutional scholar so maybe I'm wrong. Any thoughts?
- John"
I gave that scenario in post 8:
Or as some Freepers say.
5) A Dem lead Congress refuses to impeach him letting Obama serve in defiance of the U.S. Constitution.
And in post# 47:
Scenario 7 or 8). The Dems by refusing to impeach Obama who is clear violation of the US Constitution, and who perpetrated fraud against the US public, or did not impeach Obama in a timely manner, the 2010 mid-term elections are a disaster for the Dems that swings Congress back to the Republicans.
What I do know about politicians, especially Democrats, is that they always look out for number 1. If the political winds change in which they are in danger of losing, they will throw Obama under the bus.
” If the political winds change in which they are in danger of losing, they will throw Obama under the bus.”
It would certainly be nice to see Obama being the one thrown under the bus for a change. How anyone can still be loyal to this backstabbing fraud is beyond me.
Not so sure about that, Glenn.
My mother, supposedly born in 1921, never had a valid birth certificate. The court house burned down, and all the records were lost.
She had a valid passport, and traveled extensively before her death.
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but it seems no one elected to Congress even has a backgorund check by the FBI. Apparently, the party doesn’t vet candidates before filing to run either. I think a whole series of new laws will come about as a result of this lawsuit to remove Obama. If you odn’t know, or haven’t read about it, you can read the court documents at www.obamacrimes.com.
Just think, with all Obama’s loose ties to Muslim groups, who knows if he’s given away National Security secrets. He is chair of the Senate Foreign Relations sub-Committee. He’s had access to all kinds of national security secrets. I don’t trust him at all. I really fear for our country. He’s lied to everyone so much, and it’s been revealed his mother was very anti-American and pro-Communist. How do we really know if he’s some sort of Manchurian Candidate? I mean, do we really know anything about him at all since he hasn’t had a background check that the simplest store clerk faces, or security guard? Think about it. He could be giving away our most sensitive security procedures to Muslim groups. This is a National Security issue, not just a Constitutional issue.
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