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.
Absolutely the best and most accurate post on this thread.
Anti-Freedom idiots! They are all just anxious that their taxpayer grants, funding and paychecks are going to dry-up. What fools.
It's not like we've seen a flood of cases in the other 21 states where electors vote for Ronald McDonald or Jay-Z instead of their own party's candidate.
HarleyLady27,
It has been amazing to see GOD’S Promises come to pass and prayers answered in this election. All honor, strength, power, and glory belong to Him!
Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952)
I agree with the lawyers who say the electors should not be forced to pick their state’s winning candidate.
I agree with you...with the proviso that those rogue electors be forced to confront the voters and explain their actions, and accept the consequences...
“Brilliant strategy!
You damn fools can’t keep Trump and his supporters out of power, but you can make absolutely certain that we’re all mad as hell when we get there.
This should work out well for all of you.”
Yup, I could not have said it better. :)
OK...who is she...?
Washington, DC, also has such a law. But, of course, the democrats have no plans to challenge that law...
They ran as slates of electors pledged to a candidate.
If they wished to be elected as super duper voters, they should have campaigned that way.
Hillary? Fitness for office?
There is a law on the books that says anyone who has destroyed government document cannot hold public office. She would be disqualified by that alone.
I have a low-tech way to stop helicopters. Literally. Saving the idea for when it’s needed. Stay tuned.
sigh. Now this has just become really boring watching , and hearing these spoiled little brats acting up , because they never got their own way.
2000 they wante recounts only in Dem counties, now they lose again, and still they act like babies .
Yes it does belong to Him...He has answered our prayers, He is protecting His mouthpiece and those that have prayed to Him ...
God Never Fails...
“The Apache gunships won’t have any problem chewing you up with their M230 regardless of caliber you’re firing. Especially since you won’t even see them. “
The .280 wouldn’t be for Apache gunships but for their pilots, mechanics, fuel trucks, etc.
Unless it’s hillary.
“Keep the electoral system, but call it “points” and not “votes”. Whoever hits 270 points on election day wins.”
I say propose whoever wins the most counties in the state gets the electoral votes. Congress can go with districts, but the senate and the white house are done this way.
This way if there is cheating, it is limited to one county and doesn’t disenfranchise everyone else. If they want to have dead people vote in Cook County, knock yourselves out. It will only impact a single County.
Make this the focus of a Constitutional Convention and when the Democrats STB, say the option is voter ID.
That’s the way the Supreme Court sees it, too.
Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952)
I realize it will never change. The states aren’t going to vote against their own self interest.
I don’t think the American military would unleash their gunships on American citizens. I think it is more likely that Hillary would be removed by the military if she pulls a stunt like this. Remember how “popular” the Clintons have always been with the Armed Forces.
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