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Dems sue GOP over Trump's 'rigged' complaints
CNN ^ | 10/26/2016 | Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 10/26/2016 10:44:32 PM PDT by Revel

Washington (CNN)The Democratic National Committee is suing the Republican National Committee for aiding GOP nominee Donald Trump as he argues that the presidential election is "rigged," claiming that Trump's argument is designed to suppress the vote in minority communities.

The suit, filed Wednesday in US District Court in New Jersey, argues that the RNC has not sufficiently rebuked Trump for the line of attack, which he has used as a rallying cry and is assumed to be a way to explain away a potential loss on Election Day.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016dncstrategy; 2016election; dnc; election; fraud; lawsuit; liars; rigged; rnc
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To: Revel

The Dems are trying to rig the rigging. They are concerned that as people become more aware and outraged, that their vote fraud will be EXPOSED.


81 posted on 10/27/2016 12:26:29 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: kaehurowing

Hate speech is a way to stop people from stopping a minority from doing whatever it damn well pleases.


82 posted on 10/27/2016 12:27:55 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: ichabod1
Unlike the Bush clan, oh hell YES, Mr. Nixon was a Conservative. Not the way in which we think of one, today, or even even 20 years ago, but he was much MORE Conservative than Ike ever was.

Ike, like Colin Powell, was looked up to by BOTH national parties and BOTH wanted him to be their candidate, prior to the primary season of '52.

I don't know how old you are, nor when you first became interested in politics, but the Ike V. Stevenson election season was the first one that I paid concentrated interest in and I was but a rather little kiddo. OTOH, my family and their friends were VERY involved, and I enjoyed listening to them discuss and debate it all and it was also around that time, that my mother got me hooked on watching the news.

83 posted on 10/27/2016 1:19:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Revel

Ooooooh.
They don’t want to do that.
The discover process could be completely disastrous for the Democrats. There would be no more ‘consent decree’ to protect them from investigations into vote fraud.


84 posted on 10/27/2016 1:30:35 PM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: jsanders2001

It is my hope and dream that just as Putin threw Sotos out of Russia, so shall America toss him out forever. Him and his sons as well.


85 posted on 10/27/2016 1:45:33 PM PDT by Right-wing Librarian (Establishment on Trump: "He's the Grinch Who'll Stop our Looting!")
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To: Revel

One word: O’Keefe.


86 posted on 10/27/2016 2:46:06 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: cba123

World comes to an end. Minorities hurt worst.


87 posted on 10/27/2016 2:46:57 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Revel

Oh for...

“Mommy, make him stop!”


88 posted on 10/27/2016 2:58:12 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Revel

The way it looks to me is that if the Republicans gave up the right to sue, they would not have given up the right to countersue.

Seems like the Dims have open the floodgates for the Republicans to fight back. Well, assuming that the GOP has the balls to fight back.


89 posted on 10/27/2016 6:34:48 PM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: Revel

I couldn’t write a script this outlandish.


90 posted on 10/27/2016 7:22:44 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: sergeantdave

“Impossible.”

No, it is an easily verifiable fact.

http://judicialview.com/Court-Cases/Civil-Procedure/Democratic-National-Committee-v-Republican-National-Committee/10/201975

I recommend engaging brain BEFORE putting mouth into gear.


91 posted on 10/27/2016 7:42:49 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Voluntaryist

So a new “Constitution Party” needs to be formed. That party can then sue and report fraud.


92 posted on 10/27/2016 8:46:35 PM PDT by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: DaiHuy

Bingo...new “Constitution Party”/

Restore
Our
American
Republic
R.O.A.R

ROAR!!!


93 posted on 10/27/2016 8:55:23 PM PDT by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: BeauBo

I suggest you review the constitutional powers of Congress over the judicial branch - “BEFORE putting mouth into gear.”


94 posted on 10/28/2016 4:26:36 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Trump will give us 80% of what we want, while hillary will take 100% of what we have)
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To: BeauBo
You are confusing the Republican National Committee with sitting Congressmen. No such lower court ruling can override Article I. A sitting Congressman is not bound by this agreement.

-PJ

95 posted on 10/28/2016 4:37:32 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Revel; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker; ...

Um, what? I don’t understand the legal basis for this suit or what they are asking for.


96 posted on 10/28/2016 6:39:52 AM PDT by Impy (Never Shillery, Never Schumer, Never Pelosi)
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To: sergeantdave; Political Junkie Too

In theory, a Congressman could “take on” voting fraud.

I suppose they could make a speech or something (that the media would not broadcast). Maybe they could hold a hearing, which the media would not broadcast (and for which Republican leadership might strip them of their chairmanship or assignment). Republican leadership, which consented to this decree in 1982, has shown no tolerance of serious attempts (legislation) to address it, even when they held both houses and the Presidency under Bush 43.

In practice, it takes a lot of people on the ground to prevent (or substantially enact) voter fraud. They have to be organized and trained - it is a long term sustained effort. The Democrats have a variety of such groups, the Republicans do not, coordinated through their national committees. This is the REALITY, and has been for decades.

Get real.

Believing it is impossible, is living in an alternate reality.

I fail to see how “the constitutional powers of Congress over the judicial branch” has any effect. It does not allow Congress to make or overturn court decisions. They just establish courts. The ruling in question was a consent decree anyway (RNC consented to it).


97 posted on 10/29/2016 8:00:22 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Keep researching. Congress cannot only establish and abolish courts, it can also limit the subjects the court can review.

“It does not allow Congress to make or overturn court decisions.”

Not only can Congress overturn or modify judicial decisions, it can completely ignore them. Congress is sovereign; the court is not. The Founders never intended for the courts to be a super legislature. The Courts have no constitutional authority to legislate, meaning it cannot create or nullify law. All it can do constitutionally is issue opinions and oversee its singular dominion - the courts.


98 posted on 10/29/2016 3:23:56 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Trump will give us 80% of what we want, while hillary will take 100% of what we have)
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To: Revel

They know they will lose - and they don’t care. It’s pure public relations.


99 posted on 10/29/2016 3:26:29 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: sergeantdave

“Not only can Congress overturn or modify judicial decisions, it can completely ignore them.”

“The Courts have no constitutional authority to legislate”

Nice theories, which obviously don’t hold up in practice.

In theory, Congress could pass a new law, or disband a court. In practice, as I remind you again, they have not in this case, despite having decades of opportunity.
They are afraid of being called racist.

Do you still claim that the 1982 consent decree is “impossible”, after it being in force for 34 years?


100 posted on 10/29/2016 9:39:09 PM PDT by BeauBo
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