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H2O Man

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9. Interesting question.

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 01:55 PM

Dec 2016

There's definite proof that Russian intelligence hacked government agencies, from 2004 on. I'm sure that was true even before '04.

There is also definite proof of foreign influence on presidential elections at least as far back as 1968.

The question here seems to be about possible/likely hacking of both the DNC and a private server. The DNC is, of course, not a government agency. It's a private group, just as the Green Party's headquarters are. The private server was that of a government official. However, there is no Constitutional Law that covers this issue that I am aware of. And with the upcoming USSC, it would seem a risky time to attempt to set a precedent.

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Constitutional Question [View all] itcfish Dec 2016 OP

No provisions. elleng Dec 2016 #1

We'd need another Congress and POTUS but treestar Dec 2016 #2

No such thing. Even a convicted criminal can become president bowens43 Dec 2016 #3

Yeah, but Pence, itcfish Dec 2016 #4

Not McConnel. Orin Hatch is president pro tem dumbcat Dec 2016 #16

The question is not "who" can become president, but "how" they become president. SecularMotion Dec 2016 #19

There is no Constitutional provision MichMary Dec 2016 #5

It would have to itcfish Dec 2016 #8

Okay, MichMary Dec 2016 #13

Loophole? world wide wally Dec 2016 #6

Another failure of the founders treestar Dec 2016 #15

The remedy for such a situation is the same dumbcat Dec 2016 #17

The house, when counting the electoral votes, unblock Dec 2016 #7

Which brings up a couple interesting questions dumbcat Dec 2016 #18

The state's House delegation would decide SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #20

Interesting question. H2O Man Dec 2016 #9

If Sam Ervin were still alive, Hello Twitty wouldn't be so smug. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #10

I don't think anything has changed HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2016 #11

It would be up to Congress. kentuck Dec 2016 #12

A Congress controlled by MichMary Dec 2016 #14