Was Hillary wins the Presidency Plan A?
Was it just an insurance policy that would only be needed if it became necessary to execute Plan B?
Posted on 11/30/2016 9:50:35 AM PST by drewh
Anti-Trump forces are apparently planning an all out legal assault on the Electoral College in a last ditch effort to keep Donald Trump from taking office in the White House. The plan? To file legal action in all 29 states which have laws that prohibit electors from “voting their conscience.” In other words, laws that prevent electors from going against the state’s popular vote.
The inside scoop on what is being planned:
Leaders of the effort, mainly Democrats, have plans to challenge laws in the 29 states that force electors to support their party’s candidate. Those laws have never been tested, leaving some constitutional experts to argue they’re in conflict with the founders’ intention to establish a body that can evaluate the fitness of candidates for office and vote accordingly.
They’d still have to get 37 Republican electors to turn against Trump to have an impact on the election outcome. That’s going to be a tough task especially because there have been few reports that Republican electors are willing to abandon their party to vote against Trump. Sources said they will also have a coalition of lawyers that will be ready to defend (for free) anyone who votes in opposition to their party’s candidate when then the Electoral College meets on December 19.
Last week, Lawrence Lessig, a well-known professor of law at Harvard University and a political activist, penned an opinion piece in The Washington Post encouraging electors to cast their votes for Clinton despite Trump winning more votes in the Electoral College. His theory is that, while it has never been tested like this, the Electoral College is a “safety valve” that is intended “to confirm — or not — the people’s choice.
Other legal scholars believe that if the Electoral College abandons Trump, it may go against the rule of law. “Turning the electors into mighty platonic guardians doesn’t seem to be the right way to go,” UC Irvine Law Professor Rick Hasen wrote in a Friday blog post.
“So yes, I’d love to get rid of the Electoral College,” he wrote. “But not ignore it in an election where everyone agreed it was the set of rules to use.” LawNewz.com will follow this legal effort closely, and update you on this website.
ISAIAH 41:11-13
11”Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
12”You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
13”For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’…
I’m going to have to stop looking at FR until after the Inauguration.
Every day there are stories posted like this one that make me more and more nervous.
uhh.....it’s in the CONSTITUTION!!
What exactly is their basis for filing suit?
That the Constitution is Unconstituional?
“Leaders of the effort, mainly Democrats, have plans to challenge laws in the 29 states that force electors to support their party’s candidate. Those laws have never been tested, leaving some constitutional experts to argue they’re in conflict with the founders’ intention to establish a body that can evaluate the fitness of candidates for office and vote accordingly.”
So, when did liberals become enamored of the concept of “original intent”. I thought liberals believed in the “living constitution”.
Amen!
Thank You....
I hear ya! I used to laugh at their stupidity, and pray for their salvation, but now they are interfering in mine and our kids future of Freedom!
The question here is not to what extent will the left go to undermine the Constitution, but how far can those who still believe in the Constitution and the rule of law be pushed?
Was Hillary wins the Presidency Plan A?
Was it just an insurance policy that would only be needed if it became necessary to execute Plan B?
Congress and the states simply will not amend the Electoral College out of existence. It’s a complete non-starter. And I would say the same about any attempt to modify how it works. It would have to be a constitutional amendment. No way it would make it through the process. The state governments are 3 out of 5 Republican-controlled. And most states realize they have a vested interest in the status quo.
These thugs want to remove the law which in reality protects both the voters and the electors from criminal intimidation. So then why should these thugs be protected by law?
With all this in mind, it's hard to tell what the founders would think of what we have today.
At least now, if the candidate decides to murder his entire family on live TV after being elected, we have a way for to get avoid putting him in office.
This has nothing to do with the electoral vote. He would be subject to criminal prosecution under the laws of the state where this occurred.
You really can not fix stupid.
The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.
The feds have no legal authority over the states’ management of their own electors.
At least that’s the way I see it.
>>SCOTUS already upheld laws that bind electors.
Laws?
It is for our benefit that the brainworks of the farm eat all the apples, drink all the milk/whiskey, and sleep in beds, WIF SHEETS!
{ que progressive national anthem }
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-O_(The_Banana_Boat_Song)
THey really want a Revolution II don’t they! Amazing how far they’ll go to destroy America!
Shhh...don't tell them, it'll keep them out of trouble.
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