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Heritage Foundation Vows to Make ‘Extraordinarily Difficult’ to Replace Biden on the Ballot
Breitbart ^ | 07/03/2024 | SEAN MORAN

Posted on 07/03/2024 9:36:16 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The Heritage Foundation vowed Wednesday to make it “extraordinarily difficult” for Democrats to replace President Joe Biden on the ballot.

“If the Biden family decides that President Biden will not run for re-election, the mechanisms for replacing him on ballots vary by state. There is the potential for pre-election litigation in some states that would make the process difficult and perhaps unsuccessful,” Heritage Oversight Project stated in a memo that was compiled in April and released last week ahead of President Joe Biden’s “disastrous” debate performance.

Heritage Oversight Project Executive Director Mike Howell, who authored the memo, said that replacing Biden would be “extraordinarily difficult” and that they would ensure it would make it “extraordinarily difficult” to replace the 46th president on the 2024 ticket.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: ballot; biden; hertiagefoundaton; replace
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To: gibsonguy

Being better than that hasn’t worked very well. I don’t like it, but we’re playing by street fighting rules now, not marquess of queensbury


21 posted on 07/03/2024 9:58:55 AM PDT by Jeff Vader ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Boy, are we having fun now or what?


22 posted on 07/03/2024 10:01:27 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: spacejunkie2001
Does Biden have to be removed by the 25th amendment in order for Kamala to step in?

No. Choosing a candidate is a party function, not a state or federal function. But a Kamala replacement candidacy might have to overcome state election law deadlines.

That being said, it might be good to have her replace 'Out-to-Lunchbox' Joe and get creamed in the election to ensure that she is finished in politics.

23 posted on 07/03/2024 10:01:27 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: spacejunkie2001
"Does Biden have to be removed by the 25th amendment..."

Not if he decides to step down. The question is, if indeed he decided not to run, I'd have to wonder if the decision was actually his.

24 posted on 07/03/2024 10:03:10 AM PDT by LIConFem (DOJ's new motto: Fair is foul, and foul is fair.)
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To: gibsonguy

““If the Biden family decides that President Biden will not run for re-election, the mechanisms for replacing him on ballots vary by state.”

What if he croaks?


25 posted on 07/03/2024 10:03:24 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Jim Noble
Of course Biden is the President...

Of what? CEO of a bankrupt corporation? Is he Commander In Chief? I don't believe he is.

26 posted on 07/03/2024 10:04:47 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Here is how I see it playing out that avoids early court intervention and can be controlled completely by the Dem party:

1.) Many of the states’ delegates are obligated (by law) to vote for Biden
2.) He wins the nomination on the first ballot
3.) He declines the nomination (from a backroom deal) sending everyone into apoplexy.
4.) the Dems are now obligated to nominate a new candidate (from the same backroom deal) which may or may not involve V.P. Harris.
5.) The replacement candidate is chosen.
6.) Then they have to go to court to get the candidate on the states’ November ballots.


27 posted on 07/03/2024 10:05:31 AM PDT by pghkevin (Where have the principles of the founding fathers gone?)
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To: edwinland

Ballot prep deadlines. Some are past and many looming.


28 posted on 07/03/2024 10:06:28 AM PDT by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)
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To: Jeff Vader

I am sympathetic to your point of view but it is a dangerous game to play isn’t it.


29 posted on 07/03/2024 10:07:29 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Jill: “Joe isn’t just the right person for the job. He’s the only person for the job!” she declared.

Jim Geraghty
@jimgeraghty

“Joe isn’t just the right person for the job. He’s the only person for the job,” Jill Biden declared.

“I’m trying to think of a bigger metaphorical middle finger to Vice President Kamala Harris, and I’m coming up empty”!

Jim Geraghty
@jimgeraghty


30 posted on 07/03/2024 10:07:58 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If voting made any difference, they wouldn't allow us to vote! Our 6th Jan PROTESTERS stood up! )
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To: Jim Noble

Great post. I believe the legal issue related to the 2024 nomination process will come down to individual state laws that govern their primary processes.


31 posted on 07/03/2024 10:08:41 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Ain't it funny how the night moves … when you just don't seem to have as much to lose.”)
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To: gibsonguy

Yea, ok.


32 posted on 07/03/2024 10:09:42 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die.)
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To: spacejunkie2001
I do think that those states that have a requirement for some form of certified infirmity to be removed from the ballot would accept a 25th amendment discharge of power as acceptable proof of infirmity.

This may be an end-game tactic that they're holding on to as an "in case of emergency" maneuver. They're just not ready to break the glass on it yet.

-PJ

33 posted on 07/03/2024 10:09:55 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Threatening this is good. Ultimately, egging on all the Demagogic Party factions to fight each other, with more court victories at all levels, and repeals, recalls, removals, will pay off in November and thereafter.

34 posted on 07/03/2024 10:15:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Jeff Vader
Being better than that hasn’t worked very well. I don’t like it, but we’re playing by street fighting rules now, not marquess of queensbury

Besides that, the Dems rigged their system so RFK Jr couldn’t run as a Dem, and other crediible Dem candidates got the message and stayed out. They created this system, let them choke on it.
35 posted on 07/03/2024 10:15:43 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: 17th Miss Regt

For what it is worth, Biden is not removed by the 25th anendment. He is still the President of the United States. The 25th amendment merely removes and transfers his powers. The only way to remove a president against his will is by impeachment in the house and conviction in the senate by 2/3 of the majority sitting


36 posted on 07/03/2024 10:16:04 AM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will)
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To: V_TWIN

That’s what I’ve been wondering. Any candidate might die naturally a few days before an election, and the states would deal with it. Biden stepping down doesn’t mess things up any more than his death would.


37 posted on 07/03/2024 10:17:44 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I guess they need some money to make it happen?


38 posted on 07/03/2024 10:23:24 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (The Government that got us in this mess is not the Government that can get us out of it.)
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To: ComputerGuy

I put Judicial Watch and Tom Fitton on a monthly auto/pay from my bank. They do fantastic work for America. I recommend all Freepers do the same. Even $25.00 per month will help Fitton slay the marxist bastards who have infected this country like syphilis.


39 posted on 07/03/2024 10:29:42 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: gibsonguy

yes it is and I wish we didn’t have to do it, but apparently we have no choice


40 posted on 07/03/2024 10:34:02 AM PDT by Jeff Vader ( )
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