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To: AlienCrossfirePlayer
Biden was nominated by a man not qualified to nominate him.

Under the law, Biden was nominated by the duly qualified Democratic National Convention, as recommended by Obama.

126 posted on 08/08/2009 10:57:40 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Thanks for your advice.


139 posted on 08/08/2009 11:19:08 PM PDT by AlienCrossfirePlayer (Will talk radio and the Internet pull the USA back from the brink?)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; AlienCrossfirePlayer

Actually, you’re both wrong. The Constitution doesn’t recognize political parties or their procedures.

Only the electors, as determined by state law, count. How the electors decide to vote is entirely up to them, and they can in theory elect anyone they decide is qualified.

Somewhat of a legal fiction, to be sure, but it is still true that nominations by parties are quite outside the constitutional provisions.


150 posted on 08/08/2009 11:41:20 PM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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