On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 7:07:40 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
> > > 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 > My point about whether SCOTUS gets involved, is I could imagine they either try to run out the clock or state legislatures invalidate electors. The Constitutionality of that could go before SCOTUS. LC > >> 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]. >> >> >> 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. 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