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Former President Donald Trump's actions fit the definition of insurrection, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R- La., who crossed party lines by voting to convict Trump, told ABC News Chief George Stephanopoulos Sunday." "I listened very carefully to all the arguments. But if you describe insurrection as I did, as an attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, we can see the president for two months after the election, promoting that the election was stolen," Cassidy said. "It was clear that he wished that lawmakers be intimidated. And even after he knew there was violence taking place, he continued to basically...

As President Donald Trump has received an unexpected number of Electoral College votes from states with ongoing controversies and contests relating to the 2020 presidential election, the opportunity is rapidly approaching for both Vice President Mike Pence and the Republican-led Senate to, with help from Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) in the South, deny the Electoral College votes of battleground states with suspicious or fraudulent election results.As National File exclusively reported today, officials have confirmed that an effort is underway in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and other states to send a slate of presidential electors intending to vote for President Donald Trump.This...

The first two posts in this series covered the presidential selection process more or less as it’s intended to work....... But what happens if no candidate secures the support of a majority of electors? Or if this process breaks down, as a result of either good-faith disagreement among the participants or deliberate obstruction by key officials? This post takes up these last two important questions. The answer to the first is a special constitutional process called a Contingent Election. And the answer to the latter is a law called the Presidential Succession Act. Neither, however, is straightforward.

Altered States by: Lance Nation, November 04, 2008 As the presidential race tightens, the possibility of another Bush v. Gore increases. Over the past eight years, no significant election reforms have been enacted at the federal or state level to prevent the chaos of the 2000 election. However, Dr. Edward B. Foley has the “solution” for contested elections. Director of Election Law @ Moritz, Dr. Foley “[favors] legislation in each state to place the authority to adjudicate election contests in a specialized Elections Court.” This idea stems from the 1962 gubernatorial race in Minnesota. “In the 1962 race for Governor...