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jorgevlorgan

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

Wed Sep 23, 2020, 11:23 PM

Sep 2020

The constitution does give full authority for states to conduct their elections -not individual state legislatures. And 150 years of legal precedent far exceeds any obscure interpretation of a 200 year old excerpt from the document. States follow the law regardless of what accusations there are.

This needs to stop here. The only way this rhetoric by Trump will be successful is if we believe it can be. The truth is legally nd constitutionally it has no basis. But if we can't believe that, then we are letting Trump get the upper hand in an obviously uphill battle for him

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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