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In reply to the discussion: Hillary has the right and almost an obligation to say Trump didn't win. [View all]BzaDem
(11,142 posts)There's a reason the information could not be censored once it got out.
I agree that the hacking was not covered by the first amendment, and Comey's actions violated long-standing department policy (even if they didn't violate the law). But they had a relatively minor effect compared to much worse effects similar in kind that we all take for granted.
To say that the hacking of information or violating department policy are grounds for overturning an election would require a neutral entity to judge all complaints of this kind. Furthermore, there would be no remedy, because the cat would be out of the bag. This is one reason why such factors are not typically looked at when political scientists judge the freeness and fairness of elections. Revotes sometimes happen in other countries when the results are questionable. I am not aware of any revote due to the exposing of information that the exposer was not legally entitled to obtain.