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To: Kazan
Theoretically, if the evidence was overwhelming, the Supreme Court could over a new election to take place.

Absolutely not. The process for electing the President of the United States is laid out clearly in the U.S. Constitution. Any court that ordered a "new election" would be operating completely outside the bounds of any constitutional authority.

I don't know why so many Freepers are willing to give a group of abject mediocrities like the U.S. Supreme Court the authority to decide the outcome of a presidential election.

86 posted on 07/04/2021 4:42:51 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: Alberta's Child
Absolutely not. The process for electing the President of the United States is laid out clearly in the U.S. Constitution. Any court that ordered a "new election" would be operating completely outside the bounds of any constitutional authority.

The issue is absolutely not clear cut, although, as I stated, the present Supreme Court doesn't have the courage do order one:

https://ballotpedia.org/Can_a_redo_be_held_for_a_presidential_election%3F_(2020)

No state or county has ever held a presidential redo election. Whether they can is an open question. On July 6, 2017, FiveThirtyEight's Julia Azari wrote, "[W]hether this kind of re-do is allowed for presidential elections is a more complicated matter. Some legal scholars maintain that the language in Article II of the Constitution prevents holding a presidential election again ... Others suggest that there is legal precedent for a presidential re-vote if there were flaws in the process

136 posted on 07/04/2021 7:22:00 PM PDT by Kazan
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