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61. Filing a case in the courts is not hindering

Reply to Smackdown2019 (Reply #55)

Sat Dec 12, 2020, 03:47 PM

Dec 2020

You don't know much about the law do you?

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House Democrat invokes Civil War amendment that would prevent 126 Republicans from being seated in C [View all] Tom Yossarian Joad Dec 2020 OP

LOL!! HELL YES!! Bengus81 Dec 2020 #1

Close But No Cigar....Allen West's Comments Arguably Are Rebellion and Insurrection Stallion Dec 2020 #2

I have to agree ripcord Dec 2020 #4

Okay then. How about sponsoring state legislation for secession? jaxexpat Dec 2020 #10

I'm sorry to inform you that would not be considered treason ripcord Dec 2020 #12

Some call it treason, while others solara Dec 2020 #30

Lets try this ripcord Dec 2020 #35

Hinder Smackdown2019 Dec 2020 #55

Filing a case in the courts is not hindering ripcord Dec 2020 #61

I'm no lawyer but even I know that. dware Dec 2020 #64

Filing is not hindering Smackdown2019 Dec 2020 #79

Limpballs and those states can try to seceed Wednesdays Dec 2020 #119

Missouri Smackdown2019 Dec 2020 #120

Hindering or not, you can bet Repugs will try to charge Dems w/ sedition THE SECOND they can sandensea Dec 2020 #85

So you are basing your strategy based off what the republicans would do? ripcord Dec 2020 #94

Do unto others what others would do unto you The Mouth Dec 2020 #121

SHOW SOME RESPECT. N/T EndlessWire Dec 2020 #93

I have respect for the law ripcord Dec 2020 #95

You are rude. EndlessWire Dec 2020 #97

The issue is that people aren't trying to understand. Jedi Guy Dec 2020 #102

Filing frivolous lawsuits can raise serious legal issues. "By force" is the important point. DonaldsRump Dec 2020 #108

neither do you azureblue Dec 2020 #118

By force Smackdown2019 Dec 2020 #56

I'm sure you are right Progressive dog Dec 2020 #92

It isn't force or sedition or treason ripcord Dec 2020 #96

The wording of the law requires force Progressive dog Dec 2020 #99

Exactly ripcord Dec 2020 #100

The operative term is "by force" TwilightZone Dec 2020 #47

Then every gun-toting jack-off protesting at statehouses... AZ8theist Dec 2020 #107

What I find hard to understand is confusion about the difference between the Texas legislature..... jaxexpat Dec 2020 #80

Right on, ripcord. Their sin is trying to get the courts to do what they don't have the courage to. Nitram Dec 2020 #65

Actually, this has been done in the past with success PSPS Dec 2020 #15

Only with respect to supporters of the Confederacy onenote Dec 2020 #26

It should be done just to pull their panties up their cracks randr Dec 2020 #3

Bingo. Ding, ding, ding. c-rational Dec 2020 #25

I totally agree with this! If democrats care enough about our democracy to FIGHT FOR IT, this BComplex Dec 2020 #5

Just Do It! They should appropriate that slogan. LiberalLovinLug Dec 2020 #14

Yes, yes, yes. Many of their lawsuits were not about the law but about the posturing, the argument, c-rational Dec 2020 #28

Because losing a Supreme Court case 9-0 would be good for Democrats? onenote Dec 2020 #29

Isn't this up to Congress? LiberalLovinLug Dec 2020 #49

Powell v. McCormack onenote Dec 2020 #57

Thanks for the info. LiberalLovinLug Dec 2020 #76

I agree... you'll never clear the "insurrection or rebellion" bar with SCOTUS dutch777 Dec 2020 #98

While some here on DU support the Republicans and what they did RAB910 Dec 2020 #23

I am with you. onecaliberal Dec 2020 #62

I don't see anyone here supporting the Republicans or what they did. Jedi Guy Dec 2020 #103

Exactly. When people, both on the left and the right, say is committing treason Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2020 #114

Using the rule of law to overturn the rule of law strikes at our legal sovereignty bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #6

It is the Constitution, not the the people, that is sovereign. My Pet Orangutan Dec 2020 #105

Do It. Make their districts hold special elections to replace the Seditious Traitors. nt Tommymac Dec 2020 #7

I am surprised the DU trolls who support these Republicans haven't attacked you RAB910 Dec 2020 #19

Some may have. Tommymac Dec 2020 #27

Same here. I just can't. onecaliberal Dec 2020 #63

Bingo! orangecrush Dec 2020 #101

I want my Rep., Jody Hice (R-GA 10th), to be replaced. CottonBear Dec 2020 #113

Woohoo! BlueWavePsych Dec 2020 #8

If the shoe was on the other foot, the Rethugs woul have no avebury Dec 2020 #9

Exactly. give them a taste of their own medicine onetexan Dec 2020 #22

Exactly! mountain grammy Dec 2020 #24

And they could then suffer yet another humiliating Supreme Court defeat. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #45

at this point, why not? stillcool Dec 2020 #11

Great idea. Change the public narrative from Trump to Republican subversion of our jalan48 Dec 2020 #13

I think this is necessary and will no dount create a legal shit storm BadGimp Dec 2020 #16

"The Week" writer has argument that the Constitution is the remedy: NJCher Dec 2020 #17

Can you explain to me how working through the courts could possibly be treason? ripcord Dec 2020 #20

two-word answer for you NJCher Dec 2020 #89

In what way is filing a frivolous lawsuit over the election treasonous? Jedi Guy Dec 2020 #104

Wow, I am just amazed NJCher Dec 2020 #106

I'm still waiting with bated breath. N/T Jedi Guy Dec 2020 #122

Sadly there are roughly half a dozen DUers who support what the Republicans did and say it was legal RAB910 Dec 2020 #18

There is a huge difference between that imo. Was it legal? Yes? Ethical? Hell no!!!! cstanleytech Dec 2020 #32

The poster you replied to is not telling the whole truth, dware Dec 2020 #37

To be fair they could have been referring to someone else and not you or the others. cstanleytech Dec 2020 #43

Not really a whole lot, dware Dec 2020 #50

I think that censure is the best option MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #70

I think so too, dware Dec 2020 #71

That's true MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #74

I'll believe someone is actually an attorney here when I see their law license. 58Sunliner Dec 2020 #48

Hey, that's up to you. nt dware Dec 2020 #51

I stand solidly behind YOU and all bluestarone Dec 2020 #88

Yes we do. dware Dec 2020 #90

Like you, I've learned LOTS on this site bluestarone Dec 2020 #91

Sadly there are DUers that disparage DUers who point out what the governing law and precedent is onenote Dec 2020 #34

It may be procedurally legal DBoon Dec 2020 #40

Rep. Bill Pascrell deserves praise Marthe48 Dec 2020 #21

Agree! mountain grammy Dec 2020 #46

Bill Pascrell needs to get a law degree onenote Dec 2020 #59

BINGO..... pbmus Dec 2020 #69

I would love it could be done but their signing on to a case to go before SCOTUS does not cstanleytech Dec 2020 #31

Nonsense. Frivolous lawsuits are far from rebellion or insurrection. malthaussen Dec 2020 #33

Sounds like a nice place.. Maybe we can all go there someday mountain grammy Dec 2020 #42

Reducing the judicial abuse of our country and our constitution to "tit for tat" is a false analogy. 58Sunliner Dec 2020 #44

Oh, I don't know... malthaussen Dec 2020 #52

"distorting a law to make political capital" smells too. Have a nice day. 58Sunliner Dec 2020 #53

Maximum Response Jazz Jon Dec 2020 #36

Let's be clear. What they did has never been done in our 250+ year history. onecaliberal Dec 2020 #67

Just bringing it up will do it. Ligyron Dec 2020 #38

These seditious actions must have consequences. 58Sunliner Dec 2020 #39

Nancy should have something up her sleeve to make 126 R house members sweat a little. KS Toronado Dec 2020 #41

long shot housecat Dec 2020 #54

A price needs to be paid perdita9 Dec 2020 #58

Yes, a price should be paid, dware Dec 2020 #60

Republicans are emboldened because that's what voters in their state or district wants JI7 Dec 2020 #86

No way in HELL would Pelosi do that. Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #66

Added feature: world wide wally Dec 2020 #68

Unamerican and childish. Unbecoming of adults. Aussie105 Dec 2020 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Dec 2020 #73

Be still my beating heart.. denbot Dec 2020 #75

Stop promoting this baseless claim Tarc Dec 2020 #77

All house floor speeches must talk about the 14th Amendment, the Gop beachbumbob Dec 2020 #78

Democrats have still not figured out ouija Dec 2020 #81

We really need to stop this nonsense SCantiGOP Dec 2020 #82

Excuse me but they have imagined all liberals on the wrong side of a firing squad. Arne Dec 2020 #84

I'm going to use the Mitch McConnell rule ffr Dec 2020 #83

Could the band of 126 be stripped of their committee Karma13612 Dec 2020 #87

If democrats want to save our democracy, they need find the guts to do it beachbumbob Dec 2020 #109

It starts with winning control of Congress onenote Dec 2020 #110

Refuse to seat them, and let them sue to get seated. Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2020 #111

The Republicans are only playing to their base of ignoramuses; just nonsense. olegramps Dec 2020 #112

I wonder what else they are up to. sigpooie Dec 2020 #115

ok SierraPinecone Dec 2020 #116

One Democrat standing up against 126 repugs. This is why we lose. Hotler Dec 2020 #117