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To: RandFan

He can’t. He was elected President, and still is. .


8 posted on 09/11/2021 4:40:30 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

In true Machiavellian form, the Rats would argue he can’t run because he’s still POTUS.


19 posted on 09/11/2021 4:49:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian
THAT would put the kibosh on actually taking the position.

President Trump knows he's Presidential and wants to continue.

22 posted on 09/11/2021 4:50:39 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true. I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

Please read this first.

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

Then

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27

No where in either is a direct public election. The state’s decide how they send their electors and those electors actually vote for POTUS and VPOTUS. That happened in December 2020 as required by these documents on January 6th those official and constitutionally binding votes were certified by Congress and the sitting VPOTUS himself. There is no other result that will ever be valid, the USSC has no authority in this matter the state’s have the plenary power over their electors and they did their duty. Any changes to that set of electors MUST have happened before the December vote and the January certification. The ONLY way to remove a POTUS once they are in office is via impeachment or amendment XV THAT’S IT. Anything else is the internet ramblings of someone who would fail college civics. Even the USSC themselves has said on at least two occasions they have no power over the states electors as those powers are exclusively the plenary power of the 50 sovereign state’s.

“AMENDMENT XII
Passed by Congress December 9, 1803. Ratified June 15, 1804.

Note: A portion of Article II, section 1 of the Constitution was superseded by the 12th amendment.

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; — the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; — The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. —]* The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. *Superseded by section 3 of the 20th amendment.”


32 posted on 09/11/2021 4:57:27 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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