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In reply to the discussion: Fake electors respond to Michigan indictments [View all]jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)Why hasn't the DOJ gone after these guys? They're not smart enough not to leave a trail leading to their offices. Is this about the justice department being confused about what is illegal and what is not, what is in their jurisdiction and what is not? Are there enough Eastman believers in the DOJ to allow this treasonous attack on our elections to go unpunished, as if it weren't even controversial?
You know, if it's ultimately proven constitutional that it's exclusively the power of the states to police the electoral disposition in their jurisdiction, it's the same as saying Eastman was correct. Because it looks like the party could send (to Washington) the governor's housecat with a note on his collar stating the disposition of the state's electors and, unless the state AG fights it, the governor's party gets to do whatever they, or the cat, think they can. The national board of electors may throw a fit but they're not, after all, sovereign states.
Trump is walking through the holes in the constitution and showing folks how easy it is. That's not good, especially since so many people believe the constitution is a done deal document. Perfect and complete, infallible and right, from its inception, a document handy for fighting all social battles in court or in the streets.