Posted on 09/04/2020 6:28:11 PM PDT by Ben Dover
Nope because the constitution still determines how the election is determined. Those pacts all have caveats that day it won’t go into effect unless 37 states agree
They have already indicated they will get rid of the fillibuster. Add to that they are going to make DC and Puerto Rico states, that gives them 4 more senators. Without the fillibuster, all they need is a simple majority to pass anything - which they will have. They will move to eliminate the electoral college. They won't have to worry about doing anything unconstitutional because they have indicated they ae going to expand the supreme court and pack it with lefty justices who will rubber stamp anything they do.
I like vanities. They keep things interesting.
Worry about?
Yes.
When it gets to the Supreme Court, Roberts will rule in the democrats favor.
Trump probably does have the popular vote of legal, breathing voters. But then when you add illegals, felons, corpses, cats, dogs, seniors with Alzheimers, multiple voters and just outright fraud, the Dems have more. And if they don’t they’ll keep manufacturing them.
This is what this whole charade is about, making sure California can defraud their way into perpetual national governance.
The “compact” will disappear the moment a Republican Presidential Candidate wins the Popular Vote.
If Trump wins the popular vote, watch these liberals try to sue to overturn the law they passed.
No one could stop them since the Constitution gives state legislature the right to appoint Electors as the see fit.
“Oh everyone stop. Sometimes I get silly, put on some frilly clothes, and post a vanity. It’s a guilty pleasure. Not the end of the world....”
*******************************************
Me too. Except my wife gets irritated if she catches me in her frilly clothes. ;-)
“Is there a need to worry about this National Popular Vote Interstate Compact pulling the rug out from a President Trump win this cycle? “
no. the compact doesn’t go into effect unless enough states join to represent at least 270 electoral votes, and it’s probably unconstitutional anyway ...
It's not in effect. Not enough states have agreed to it.
You forgot about Roberts....
” 4 Justices on the Supreme Court who will go along with anything and they just *need* one other to err.”
‘that “one” could well be Roberts.
But the problem is those 4 votes that are always there to vote against our Constitution.
This is based on
a) According to eight rolling polls for four years, Trump’s black approval has risen to between 15 and 31% (big gap). But say that the 15 represents the “actual” vote: that would equal about 2-3m MORE blacks voting for him than in 2016. But you have to also figure that there is a “Stay-at-home” factor in that remaining percentage of about 3-5% and another 1% siphoned off to Kanye. So the net black vote for Trump will be in the neighborhood of 15-17%, or 3-5 million FEWER blacks voting for Demented Perv Biteme.
b) Now factor in the shortfall in students, who are not on campus to be organized, mobilized, etc. as int 2018 when they had an all time high 40% turnout rate. I think this will be off by 30%. There are 14m students nationally, x say 30% turnout x 60% are DemoKKKrats: that means Ds will be DOWN 1 to 1.5m students AT BEST. (Could be closer to 2m)
Just in these categories, before Trump flips a single blue-collar, DemoKKKrat, or suburban voter, he has gained 3m and Demented Perv Biteme has lost 5-6m.
To me that looks like Trump wins the popular vote with around 63-65m.
Totally agree, not to mention many other pro-Trump factors at play as well.
If Trump wins the popular vote, watch these liberals try to sue to overturn the law they passed.
12 posted on 9/4/2020, 8:51:09 PM by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
My understanding is that since a “compact” and not a law, it doesn’t have to go before the residents of the state, so therefore doesn’t need to be voted on.
No, it is not a “compact”. The States passed laws changing their elector selection to be popular vote.
Actually, I take it back. It is a law that creates the compact but it still must wait for the compact to finalize. Silly States, States may enter not into a compact by constitutional rules.
Huh - then they need to change the name - because it’s even in the title of the thread:
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.