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116. Luttig: President of the Senate, on Jan 6 the VP of the US has

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:46 PM

Jun 2022

"little substantive Constitutional authority if any at all." The 12th amendment... says in substance that following the transmission of the certificates to Congress and the archivist, that the presiding officer shall open the certificates in the presence of the Congress in joint session. Says nothing about counting.

Electoral Count Act of 1887 provides an actual process for the counting of the electoral votes that neither the original Constitution of 12th Amendment had done.

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****1/6 Committee Hearings Day 3, thread ONE**** [View all] Scrivener7 Jun 2022 OP

Is it delayed? bluecollar2 Jun 2022 #1

The schedule I saw this morning said 1. (I tuned in this morning Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #7

1 PM today Marthe48 Jun 2022 #8

It was always scheduled for 1pm ET as far as I know. MLAA Jun 2022 #25

Should be some fireworks. Glad to share this experience livetohike Jun 2022 #2

Ready, someone please pop the popcorn! Emile Jun 2022 #3

I'm here Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #4

I am glad we have a Thread .. FarPoint Jun 2022 #5

I'm here BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #6

I did the same. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #9

I think the org schedule was more of a guideline Marthe48 Jun 2022 #10

I always check on the CSPAN website since they are controlling the cameras BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #39

one of my friends posted the org sched Marthe48 Jun 2022 #86

I'm watching on youtube, Washington Post - 53k watching right now Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #11

Thanks for the link! Watching on CNN on my Roku, but they usually only Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #16

Andrea Mitchell cilla4progress Jun 2022 #12

I disagree. There are enough other people there who make up for whatever deficiencies JohnSJ Jun 2022 #19

Correct, plus just maybe she's a Repub draw for those viewers who need to watch. txwhitedove Jun 2022 #35

Good point. crickets Jun 2022 #44

Here they come! Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #13

Yes. He's calm and steady, and I appreciate that about him. nt crickets Jun 2022 #17

I was thinking the very same thing. MLAA Jun 2022 #41

And the gavel: nolabear Jun 2022 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Marthe48 Jun 2022 #15

Thompson" We are fortunate for Pence's courage on January 6 livetohike Jun 2022 #18

A good move in my view. I don't think it will happen, but it might motivate Pence to testify. JohnSJ Jun 2022 #22

Wouldn't it be great if it motivated him to run in 24? Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #27

I think he will run in the Republican primaries. The only thing I don't want is to see DeSantis JohnSJ Jun 2022 #48

Video of Mike Pence saying he had no right to livetohike Jun 2022 #20

Wonkette live blog: crickets Jun 2022 #21

Nice! Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #23

Thank goodness everybody hates Pence. nolabear Jun 2022 #24

He has the cardinal sin in todays politics. He's BORING. Funtatlaguy Jun 2022 #26

He's an uptight dolt. maxsolomon Jun 2022 #119

Cheney "VP Pence did his duty on Jan 6. Pres. Trump livetohike Jun 2022 #28

Thank you, Sriv! Live video, if people here want to toggle back and forth. ancianita Jun 2022 #29

. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #30

Marc Short video testimony: Eastman knew on Jan. 4 refusing to count electoral votes was illegal Mersky Jun 2022 #31

Showing video of gallows and crowd yelling, "Hang Mike Pence." Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #32

Showed video of insurrectionists shouting "Hang Mike livetohike Jun 2022 #33

Boy that shot of the dome and the noise is chilling. nolabear Jun 2022 #34

Do we know whether the Congress and Pence could livetohike Jun 2022 #36

I meant noose but that's a good question. I don't know. nolabear Jun 2022 #45

Thanks! n/t livetohike Jun 2022 #58

Swearing in witnesses Luttig and Greg Jacobs Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #37

Thompson reviewing everything Trump tried to do to livetohike Jun 2022 #38

Anyone scanning that code on MSNBC? nolabear Jun 2022 #40

Again, the witnesses are going to be Republicans, conservative Republicans no less. crickets Jun 2022 #42

Pence's guy Jacob is testifying now Lars39 Jun 2022 #43

Greg Jacob testifying in person now Mersky Jun 2022 #46

Jacob: "December 7th" first hearing about this looney 12 Amendment theory BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #47

Jacob makes sense but I don't trust him. nolabear Jun 2022 #49

Not sure I love them putting it into the record that the Constitutional Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #50

Judge Luttig testifying now Lars39 Jun 2022 #51

Luttig looks like he's about to keel over. nolabear Jun 2022 #52

Has he been sedated? Geez. Funtatlaguy Jun 2022 #53

Many are observing the same. Liz says "solemn attention." nolabear Jun 2022 #69

Judge Luttig "The foundational truth is the Rule of Law". It is livetohike Jun 2022 #54

I think Judge Luttig has a resemblance to William Shatner JohnSJ Jun 2022 #55

Spacing out, killing time Lars39 Jun 2022 #57

It's killing me listening to him spinbaby Jun 2022 #63

He eventually got there! Lars39 Jun 2022 #67

Exactly, he is being very careful with his chosen words, because this is a very significant JohnSJ Jun 2022 #111

He does! n/t livetohike Jun 2022 #60

He does seem to be doing a lot of thinking about his words before saying them. crickets Jun 2022 #65

Jacob makes strong point that the framers of the Constitution would never crickets Jun 2022 #56

I guess.............. it's good ...................... to be............................. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #59

He is William Shatner's long lost brother Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #68

Federal Judge Luttig ... makes... you... listen. Profound indeed. txwhitedove Jun 2022 #70

"The first constitutional crisis since the beginning of the Republic" ONLY thing he didn't repeat. ancianita Jun 2022 #72

TFG is going to lose it LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #61

Then he should come before the committee and defend livetohike Jun 2022 #66

He really hasn't a clue how government works, does he? Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #75

By that, he means getting to speak ReluctanceTango Jun 2022 #127

I feel like one of us is stoned Sympthsical Jun 2022 #62

I know, he was being extra careful with his words. Emile Jun 2022 #73

I'm wondering if he has a stammer. nt crickets Jun 2022 #76

He's nervous Mersky Jun 2022 #95

+1 crickets Jun 2022 #101

Tantamount to a revolution within... Lars39 Jun 2022 #64

... a constitutional crisis Mersky Jun 2022 #80

Whoa! "It would have thrown the United States into what I believe Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #71

He looks like he hates saying it but has to. nolabear Jun 2022 #78

J6 Committee giving master class in civics, citizenship, law, news and TRUTH. txwhitedove Jun 2022 #82

Agreed! Luttig also submitted a written statement to the committee. crickets Jun 2022 #87

Cheney talking about "two groups of electors" slated livetohike Jun 2022 #74

I think he spoke like that (unless he always does...) cilla4progress Jun 2022 #77

Luttig does appear genuinely upset by what happened Jan 6 crickets Jun 2022 #92

Can Judge Luttig please slow down? I can't keep track Bucky Jun 2022 #79

Oh lordy, he's going in for a 2nd answer Bucky Jun 2022 #85

"In other words... It was a lie" Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #81

Cheney asking Judge Luttig if fake electors had any livetohike Jun 2022 #83

Judge Luttig: No historical precedent to support the livetohike Jun 2022 #89

The whole concept of the fake electors is so dopey. These guys are Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #84

They were using this as their justification BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #121

No. Their justification was, "We don't want to have lost." But they couldn't Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #122

Well that was the simplified ACTUAL intent BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #124

Like nasty spoiled children. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #125

... and arrogant brainwashed loons. BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #126

No historical precedent Lars39 Jun 2022 #88

No "mere" or legal precedent. Not even a passing acquaintance with precedent. txwhitedove Jun 2022 #109

That......mfer...........is going.............down nolabear Jun 2022 #90

Aguilar, John Wood questioning now Lars39 Jun 2022 #91

SNL oswaldactedalone Jun 2022 #93

You betcha. Funtatlaguy Jun 2022 #96

Summer hiatus maxsolomon Jun 2022 #123

This guy is on FIRE! Sedona Jun 2022 #94

I just spit out my water. Perfect! Funtatlaguy Jun 2022 #100

Is the judge being paid by the hour? Imperialism Inc. Jun 2022 #97

It is painful. I hope it still resonates what he's saying...but... Funtatlaguy Jun 2022 #110

Wood got tired and just read his words for him. nolabear Jun 2022 #98

No basis in the Constitution for the theory espoused by a Eastman. livetohike Jun 2022 #99

There was a huge build up around this judge. badhair77 Jun 2022 #102

He's a better writer than a speaker C_U_L8R Jun 2022 #103

Very true. badhair77 Jun 2022 #104

But what he's saying is important and damning if slow. nolabear Jun 2022 #105

Yes. rownesheck Jun 2022 #112

By the time he gets to the end of a sentence, I've forgotten Totally Tunsie Jun 2022 #117

Oh good! He's disagreeing with Jacobs saying the Constitution is "inartful" Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #106

Luttig is now explaining his Sept. 22, 2021 tweet/analysis refuting Eastman's scheme Mersky Jun 2022 #107

"The sacred process of the counting of the electoral votes livetohike Jun 2022 #108

**** LET'S GO TO THREAD #2 . HERE'S THE LINK: **** Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #113

I'm glad he's speaking slowly and deliberately. More time to absorb livetohike Jun 2022 #114

Luttig is making it pellucidly clear Novara Jun 2022 #115

Luttig: President of the Senate, on Jan 6 the VP of the US has crickets Jun 2022 #116

**** LET'S GO TO THREAD #2 . HERE'S THE LINK: **** Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #118

arrest trump and his lackeys moonshinegnomie Jun 2022 #120