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Posted on 09/18/2020 6:53:46 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Conservative radio host Mark Levin said Friday that the Republican-controlled legislatures of Pennsylvania and Michigan should meet in emergency session to undo recent court rulings that could compromise the election in both of those states.
“As in Pennsylvania, the Michigan legislature is controlled by the Republicans. They must meet in emergency session and exercise their Article II power under the federal constitution and seize hack control over the election system,” he posted on Facebook.
Levin was reacting to rulings Thursday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that allowed mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day to be counted — even if they had no evidence of being postmarked by Election Day. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar (D) also issued a directive preventing county election officials from comparing signatures on mail-in ballots to signatures on the voter rolls.
On Friday, a court in Michigan directed election officials to accept mail-in ballots up to two weeks after Election Day. In addition, the court allowed limited “ballot harvesting” — a controversial practice, illegal in most of the country, in which ballots can be returned by third parties rather than by voters themselves.
In his radio show on Thursday, Levin called on Republicans to convene the state legislatures to exercise their powers, expressly described by Article II of the Constitution, to set the rules for the appointment of Electors in presidential elections.
The legislatures could, he said, explicitly state that the courts’ interpretations of state election laws were invalid, and could bolster existing state laws on procedures and deadlines for mailed ballots.
“They need to act, and they need to act now,” he said.
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Won’t their Governors just veto it?
This is getting serious very quickly. Levin is correct and these Republicans must get serious and act.
Why is there always an adjective in front of “conservative” talkers, journalists, senators,etc., but never one in front of liberals of any stripe?
They can’t.
The legislatures didn’t even do anything about the overreach of Covid restrictions. They certainly aren’t going to get riled up now.
The PA GOP are useless cowards, don’t count on them to do anything.
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They gutless mice.
Doug Mastriano, Russ Diamond, and Mike Jones are notable exceptions—the only ones who have a pair.
Sorry, Mark, but with DemocRAT Governess Nit-Whitmer in Michigan, she ain’t signing nothing the legislature passes to undo this mess.
There is no place for a veto here.
“Won’t their Governors just veto it?”
An interesting question. Inasmuch as this election involves choosing Presidential electors, a case could be made that this falls under Article 2 of the US Constitution, which gives the state legislatures sole authority to determine how the electors are chosen. Under the Constitution, the Governor has no role in that process unless the Legislature gives it to him/her. So they could conceivably pass legislation stating that all votes for the presidential election must be received by the closing of the polls on election day and that the state courts have no jurisdiction to change that, and I don’t think the governor nor the state courts could do anything about it. In that case, the state courts could allow votes for state and local offices received after the deadline to be counted, and maybe even for Congress, but not for president.
This is going to go to the U.S. Supreme Court, With Ruth Bader Ginsberg gone, this abomination can be stopped. It will also illustrate that we must have a full 9 Justice Supreme Court in place before the election, because we will have dozens of challenges to the likely voter fraud that will occur in November. A gelded 8 justice Supreme Court will not be up to the Constitutional challenges that will face us.
See Post #12. Governors have no power in this particular situation. The process for selecting Presidential electors is established by state legislatures.
If a state court or governor tries to override a legislature in a case like this, then a matter that would normally be a state issue would immediately become a Federal court case because of the Constitutional implications.
The original SCOTUS was a six member court.
We’ve had as many as ten.
Even numbers!
With Ginsburg’s seat vacant, that leaves:
- 4 “known conservative” votes
- 1 “swing vote” (Roberts)
- 3 leftist votes.
Roberts is likely to lean towards the Constitutional position, along with the other conservatives.
Now an 8-member Supreme Court has actually become MORE conservative than it was yesterday.
Unlike normal legislative processes, Presidential election procedures are determined by state legislatures — with no input from the governor. That’s exactly how it’s described in the U.S. Constitution.
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I learn something every day.
The PA GOP about as worthless as can be. They’re absolutely pathetic.
This is going to go to the U.S. Supreme Court, With Ruth Bader Ginsberg gone, this abomination can be stopped. It will also illustrate that we must have a full 9 Justice Supreme Court in place before the election, because we will have dozens of challenges to the likely voter fraud that will occur in November. A gelded 8 justice Supreme Court will not be up to the Constitutional challenges that will face us.
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