Posted on 03/21/2023 8:33:57 AM PDT by bitt
Wager Alvin Bragg IRS record isn’t going to pass the smell test he more sass than smart.
Soros dots spotted ?.
“Except he is saying that Trump violated election laws in a NATIONAL election. He didn’t run for local election. “
Freedom of speech, the First Amendment to the Constitution, allows the DA to say anything he wishes. Until he actually takes action, he has done nothing to warrant an investigation. In fact the Constitution in the First Amendment specifically forbids Congress from interfering with free speech; Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, . . .
Trump has not been indicted by the Soros DA. The actual charges, if they come, at this point in time are pure speculation. Until an indictment and arrest actually occurs, in which federal laws or Trump’s constitutional rights are violated, there is nothing for Congress to investigate.
If you read my post carefully I spoke to the Constitution as written, not as interpreted. A true constitutional conservative looks at what the Constitution actually says, not what various courts, Congresses, and presidents have interpreted into its words. Unfortunately there is currently only one Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas, who makes decisions based on “original intent”, i.e. the actual meaning of the words at the time the Constitution was written.
To your point about Congress being involved because it pertains to a “nationwide election” the 10th Amendment states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The Constitution is silent on the issue of Congress making laws and rules pertaining to conducting elections, with the exception of the state’s role in the selection of the Electoral College to which I refer below. Therefore, the administration of elections is exclusively a state power. As a result state election laws and administration of those laws vary from state to state. Some state allow mail in ballots, others do not. Some states have same day voter registration, others do not. Even the hours of the polls being open vary from state to state as do the penalties for election fraud.
Speaking to your point regarding the “commerce clause” here is what the Constitution actually says in Article I, Section 8 about commerce: The Congress shall have the power . . . To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;. . . Note, the commerce clause, as well as the other specifically listed and described enumerated powers of Congress in Article 1, Section 8 say nothing about conduct or oversight of any election. “Commerce” in Article 1, Section 8 speaks specifically to trade and buying and selling of goods. Commerce has nothing to do with the conduct of elections, national or local.
Note the Constitution specifically assigns the Electoral College, not a popular vote of the people, as the process for electing the president. Each state determines how its members of the Electoral College will be chosen. In our time all states permit the people to chose the state’s electors but a popular vote is not provided for in the Constitution. The Constitution also does not give the federal government the power to interfere in fraudulent election or poorly administered elections. In fact the Constitution (Article II) specifically gives the state legislatures complete power to determine how the electors representing the state in the Electoral College are chosen. Here are the actual words of the Constitution: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.” This wording indicates the state legislature does not have to put the election of Electors to a popular vote. The legislature itself can name anyone it wishes to be an elector as long as that person meets the specific criteria listed in Article II.
In the case of the 2020 election, the Electoral College electors were chosen according to the rules established by the individual state legislatures, the Electoral College met, the electors chose Joe Biden president, and Congress certified the Electoral College count. All as provided for by the Constitution. If there was fraud in the conduct of the election within one or more individual states, addressing that problem is the exclusive province of state legislatures, not Congress.
“Pete’s right, and you don’t speak for the South, SOTS....”
See my reply to Pete #42.
I make no claim to speak for the South. I speak for myself.
This is truly a coup in effect, we need to borrow the guillotine from the French, hire hangin judges and set up the firing squads
“New York remains one of the safest big cities in the US.”
Ha ha, once perhaps.
It was a lot safer when Rudy was mayor than it is now.
The fat useless MF’er is going to get subpoenaed. Him saying no doesn’t mean $%^t!
“We will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process,” a spokesperson for Bragg told news outlets”
“We will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the just us process,” a propagandist for Bragg told news outlets.
5.56mm
Subpoena this fascist’s ass. Let’s see how devoted he is to obeying the laws of Congress. Not!!!
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