Posted on 04/30/2019 5:08:50 PM PDT by jazusamo
“It is perfectly legal and perfectly Constitutional.”
Not so. Technically Trump is not even on the state’s ballot, it’s the slate of electors committed to him that’s really on the ballot. So a vote for his name is really a vote for those slate of electors. Therefore, removing Trump’s name is the same as removing an entire slate of electors, disenfranchising voters in the State who vote for them. So any laws specifying standards for appearing on the ballot would have to pertain to specific electors, not Trump. In addition, section 2 of the 14th amendment includes citizens in voting for electors, and prohibits the voters in a state from having their votes for electors disenfranchised and nullified. Since Trump meets all the constitution standards that qualify him to run for President, any law by the legislator that interferes with the electors right to vote for him is unconstitutional, and also violates the 14th amendment by attempting to impede the electors from their free choice of voting in accordance to the will of the people of that state who voted for them. So having a law that mandates the release of tax returns is essentially separating voters from their electors.
That was just for starters.
Just make an executive order that no state that does this get medicare, social security, or other federal funding.
I don’t doubt that for a second.
Bump
Yep.. The DemonRats are Scared Shiffless of Keeping America Great.
Why not keep someone off because their ideas are unconstitutional?
Why are commies and socialists on the ballot?
Progressive politicians, MSM pimps and whores, and liberal law professors get such joy out of “Intellectual Masturbation”.
Those ‘blue states’ are simply whistling out their asses.
Gotcha!!!
That’s how I see it.
“Besides stated law and statutes, there’s no reason why these shouldn’t hold up”
good one ... the sarc tag speeded things up for me on this one ...
“The red states should warn that the dem candidate’s name will not appear on the ballot unless: HE OR SHE HAS A BACKGROUND IN BUSINESS.”
that’s actually an excellent idea: the leftists will howl and bring lawsuits, showing that they are blatant hypocrites, and when said lawsuits are won, will provide an instant precedence to overturn the blue state measures to keep Trump off the ballot ...
“They are changing the methods by which their State Legislatures appoint their Electors for President and Vice President.”
nonsense. the names of the candidates appear on the ballots, not the names of the electors, and these state laws are aimed at keeping Trump’s name off of the ballot ...
Thanks, catnipman, your comments are appreciated.
President Trump plays the game pretty well. You have to keep one step ahead of the meanies in the dem party.
I just wanted to offer him this idea.
I love it..
The same Despot Party that falsely insists that Republicans are trying to supress the vote and disenfranchise voters.
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