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Anti-Trump Forces Planning 'All Out' Legal Assault on Electoral College (lawsuits in 29 states)
Law News.com ^ | | 8:38 am, November 30th, 2016 | Rachel Stockman

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016electoralcollege; 2016electors; antitrump; democrats; election; electoralcollege; lawsuits; moonbats; sorelosers; trump; trumptransition
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To: Junk Silver

Absolutely the best and most accurate post on this thread.


61 posted on 11/30/2016 10:10:16 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: drewh

Anti-Freedom idiots! They are all just anxious that their taxpayer grants, funding and paychecks are going to dry-up. What fools.


62 posted on 11/30/2016 10:10:34 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: DugwayDuke
Do these dopes really believe that electors in the 29 states that force electors to support their party's candidate actually cast their electoral votes to avoid criminal prosecution? LMAO.

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.

63 posted on 11/30/2016 10:10:38 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: HarleyLady27

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!


64 posted on 11/30/2016 10:10:46 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: dirtboy

Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952)


65 posted on 11/30/2016 10:11:44 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: JediJones

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...


66 posted on 11/30/2016 10:12:28 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: Junk Silver

“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. :)


67 posted on 11/30/2016 10:12:36 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: SoFloFreeper

OK...who is she...?


68 posted on 11/30/2016 10:14:14 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: drewh
Leaders of the effort, mainly Democrats, have plans to challenge laws in the 29 states that force electors to support their party’s candidate.

Washington, DC, also has such a law. But, of course, the democrats have no plans to challenge that law...

69 posted on 11/30/2016 10:14:31 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: drewh
That's not how they ran for 'election.'

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.

70 posted on 11/30/2016 10:14:33 AM PST by gogeo (That's my Trumpy!)
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To: drewh

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.


71 posted on 11/30/2016 10:15:16 AM PST by CodeToad (Ding Dong, the Bitch is Dead!!!)
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To: TexasGunLover

I have a low-tech way to stop helicopters. Literally. Saving the idea for when it’s needed. Stay tuned.


72 posted on 11/30/2016 10:15:19 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: drewh

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 .


73 posted on 11/30/2016 10:15:39 AM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

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...


74 posted on 11/30/2016 10:15:58 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: TexasGunLover

“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.


75 posted on 11/30/2016 10:16:20 AM PST by CodeToad (Ding Dong, the Bitch is Dead!!!)
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To: Alberta's Child

Unless it’s hillary.


76 posted on 11/30/2016 10:17:09 AM PST by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: SandyInSeattle

“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.


77 posted on 11/30/2016 10:17:19 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Election 2016 - Best election ever.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

That’s the way the Supreme Court sees it, too.

Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952)


78 posted on 11/30/2016 10:17:32 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: Genoa

I realize it will never change. The states aren’t going to vote against their own self interest.


79 posted on 11/30/2016 10:19:16 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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To: TexasGunLover

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.


80 posted on 11/30/2016 10:19:58 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Well...bye.)
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