On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 1:30:56 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 9/28/2020 9:22 AM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > The GOP is interested in rushing this through so Don-the-Con t'Rump has a > 6 to 3 "voting block" on SCOTUS. A point of concern are state legislatures > overruling the popular vote and appointing Trump electors or simply > throwing out results. This could well happen in red states that turn blue. > There could then be states not returning electors or with state > legislatures that may appoint GOP electors. This would then go to the > SCOTUS > > > Would it? The Constitution provides that if no candidate gets a majority > of the electoral votes, then the House will elect the President from among > the top three receiving electoral votes. In this election each state gets > one vote...so Repugs would carry the vote. Similarly, the Senate selects a > Vice President. > > I don't see SCOTUS having any part in this and given their make up they > certainly will have no motive to intervene. > > Brent >
The drop-dead date for the EC to vote (it never actually meets) is Dec 14, not Jan 2 when the new congress convenes. The D's would likely prefer the NEW House to vote for President, even though their electoral victory on Nov 3 might not be sufficient to defeat Trump). But my point is that the D's will likely object to the Dec 14 date, and since it's in FEDERAL statutory law (the first Monday after the second Tuesday in Dec), it will surely involve the USSC. In response to LC, the original flaw is not in the American people, but in the flawed document called the Constitution. Our Founders didn't trust "the People", so they invented the EC to prevent a popular vote. Soon we will likely be paying the consequences of this flaw. AG > > and t'Rump has a near guarantee of a rubber stamp approval. This is a big > reason for this rush. The GOP leaders, including McConnell, know t'Rump is > at 40-43% with Biden 55% or so. This is a huge gap, and only with various > shenanigans can they get around this. > > If this happens and it sticks I will no longer believe in this country. I > will certainly no longer believe in the government and it will be clear the > Constitution is shredding material. Even more though I will no longer > believe in the American people, where I think for decades there has been a > celebration of ignorance, superstition and honoring of brutes. Think of the > Rambo films. We will be witnessing the passing of the American Republic, > which is as momentous to our age as was the end of the Roman Republic. > > LC > > On Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 5:05:38 PM UTC-5 [email protected] > wrote: > >> The new US supreme court nominee will be Amy Coney Barrett, and she is >> just the sort of person you would expect, a religious crockpot. She is a >> member of an extreme right wing Catholic cult called "The People of >> Praise"; they speak in tongues, believe in biblical prophecy, and in divine >> healing. Members of the cult swear a lifetime oath of allegiance to one >> another and are assigned a ideology coach called a “head” for men and a >> “HANDMAID” for women to make sure nobody strays from the official dogma. >> The "heads" and "handmaids" issue orders on who to date, who to marry, >> where to live, whether to take a job, whether to buy a home, and how to >> raise children. Part of the ideology of People of Praise is that husbands >> should give orders to their wives and only men should have authority over >> the family. >> >> During her confirmation hearing in 2017 to be a federal judge Barrett >> said "*I take my faith seriously and I’m a faithful Catholic*". In 2013 >> she said: "*I tend to agree with those who say that a Justice’s duty is >> to the Constitution and that it is thus more legitimate for her to enforce >> her best understanding of the Constitution rather than a precedent she >> thinks clearly in conflict with it*"; and as a judge she approved a >> Indiana law banning abortions of a deformed fetus (although her opinion was >> later overturned by a higher court and the Indiana law ruled >> unconstitutional). So when she is approved Roe v. Wade Will be as dead as a >> doornail and we're back to the 1950's and coathanger abortions. Barrett >> also criticized Chief Justice Roberts for his opinion that saved Obama’s >> Affordable Care Act; so in the middle of a global pandemic the health >> care coverage of tens of millions of people will be as dead as a doornail >> too when she hears her first case on October 10. >> >> To those who claim Barrett's religious views will not effect her legal >> opinions I will remind you that in 2006 she said “*If you can keep in >> mind that your fundamental purpose in life is not to be a lawyer, but to >> know, love and serve God, you truly will be a different kind of lawyer.*” >> Amy Coney Barret would also be the youngest justice on the bench, so she >> could be around for many decades. >> >> John K Clark >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2ca66211-46fd-4e7f-be0d-90f9e5aea3aan%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2ca66211-46fd-4e7f-be0d-90f9e5aea3aan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b1faa9a7-3d37-496c-b955-9e83c071f41ao%40googlegroups.com.
