Posted on 12/13/2016 11:18:44 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Harvard University law professor Larry Lessig said Tuesday that 20 Republican Electoral College voters are considering flipping to vote against Donald Trump, more than half the number of anti-Trump votes needed to stall the president-elect from being sworn into office.
"Obviously, whether an elector ultimately votes his or her conscience will depend in part upon whether there are enough doing the same. We now believe there are more than half the number needed to change the result seriously considering making that vote," Lessig told Politico.
Lessig has been offering free legal counsel to "faithless electors" who are considering casting a ballot for an alternative candidate as opposed to Trump, who earned 306 votes on Election Day, well above the necessary 270. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
They make the claims in hopes that one: electors will think they are getting on a bandwagon and will turn their coats or two: that voters in the future will remember electors having voted “their consciences” and turning coat even though it didn’t happen.
2nd Amendment.
The so-called faithless electors would be accomplices in the coup.
That doesn't seem to be a recipe for a long and happy life where one dies in one's bed, unless it happens to be on fire.
You’re just figuring out the left’s genocidal intents now?
I am so effen sick of these libs. I knew there was something wrong with them before this election but this time, they have shown to be such evil fill in the blanks.....
I cannot wait until the electoral college votes and is done with this mess.
I think it is the hillary machine..she has been very, very quiet...just like the devil until bam, they come out swinging out of nowhere.
fake news
Hey Lessig... Better watch your back A-hole.
Hopefully they will if not this time, they’ll get rid of him after this ASAP the guys a dope.
I’ve heard that Harvard used to be a real university.
I’ve been following MAGA_Trump5 ever since election night.
He has not been wrong, once.
He’s some kind of OMG-Bigly-Insider with Trump, apparently.
Trying to kick-start Civil War II?
Riot like the liberals do..........TIMES TEN!!!!
BURN LIBERAL Icons, tear the place down.
Show them what millions of pissed of people with guns looks like.
the world is just now breathing a sigh of relief with the ouster of the Toon mafia....
there will be massive consequences...
Before acting they should give very careful consideration to what the results couuld be for the nation and for them personally.
Then they should ask The Nutty Harvard Professor if he can provide them with 24/7/365 personal security for the remainder of their lives.
If their actions precipitated a coup that subsequently lead to violence they would be standing in the spotlight right at the epicenter.
More fake news. The libs are going crazy.
Amen; help President Elect Trump, Lord; and give his team guidance and wisdom!
This professor is a poor liar. If one is going to concoct a lie, one shouldn’t use round numbers like 20. If he said 17 or 21 electors, it would sound more believable. Choosing a round number is a rookie mistake when telling a lie.
2. NEVER trust MSM pre-election polls
well said. I don’t see how him and Jill Stein have consciences given how they thrive on greed and deception for fame.
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