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yuiyoshida

(45,402 posts) Wed Sep 23, 2020, 10:58 PM Sep 2020

okay i am not prone to panic but this has got me there [View all]

Trump wants to steal this election by using the SUPREME Court to over turn the election even if BIDEN wins by a landslide and Biden wins the Electoral College... how do Democrats deal with that... someone please talk me off the ledge!!

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okay i am not prone to panic but this has got me there [View all] yuiyoshida Sep 2020 OP

No. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #1

NO what??? yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #3

No. I'm not going to talk you off the ledge. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #4

oh well fine than yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #19

Thanks. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #20

******** quickesst Sep 2020 #45

By winning jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #2

His justices will be in his back pocket,... yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #6

He cannot overturn the election. I promise. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #9

They said until it happened. triron Sep 2020 #30

Well if the election is overturned jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #33

There is NOTHING in the Constitution.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #5

Let us know when the fife and drum corps is assembled. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #10

Go ahead. Scoff. not_the_one Sep 2020 #12

Bless your heart. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #13

Post removed Post removed Sep 2020 #21

Thanks. BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #25

Ya realize the constitution isn't the only thing that tells us how to run our elections, right? jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #14

The Constitution.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #18

Laws are what norm and precedent are based on.it is also how courts base their ruling. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #27

The ELECTORAL COLLEGE... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #29

Missing the part where legislative bodies cannot just unilaterally appoint their own jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #32

Okay.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #34

You said there is no law preventing state legislatures from appointing their own jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #35

Nope.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #37

When is the big reveal when you say what you really mean? BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #38

All of which are guided by the law of the state. None of which is universal. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #39

Wrong AGAIN.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #40

That's what I said jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #41

What you said WAS..... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #42

Electors. There is a sometimes jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #43

By winning mzmolly Sep 2020 #7

Change the channel. You've been sucked into the outrage porn industry of the media. PSPS Sep 2020 #8

This Is Kind Of My Fear As Well. The Supreme Court HAS Installed A President Before. ChoppinBroccoli Sep 2020 #11

Nothing.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #22

I am also on the ledge. Plotting my move bamagal62 Sep 2020 #15

Democrats deal with it by turning out at the polls in droves fishwax Sep 2020 #16

I have. I have sent as much as I can afford.. yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #26

Rachel explained it tonight. The state legislatures pick the electors. Frasier Balzov Sep 2020 #17

Bingo.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2020 #24

so it's a middle thing... qazplm135 Sep 2020 #31

Re solutions 2 and 3, won't those chambers remain as currently constituted Frasier Balzov Sep 2020 #36

nope qazplm135 Sep 2020 #44

Thank you! Frasier Balzov Sep 2020 #46

We don't ever give in. If Biden has clearly won, then he must refuse to concede. Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #23

Yes but shutting down the government.... yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #28