They are supposed to be loyal to the position, not the person, but with Trump who knows. They have done everything right so far in protecting the president elect. So thats a good sign.
They are supposed to be loyal to the position, not the person, but with Trump who knows. They have done everything right so far in protecting the president elect. So thats a good sign.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
If there is one thing the American people love more than their beloved president it is their beloved democracy.
That Trump has lost, and indeed will have lost by every single one of the rules which lay the foundation of that Democracy come 8th December, will be acknowledged by the vast majority of the American republic including the GOP, a few cranks notwithstanding. In other words, the American right would rather lose their president than lose their democracy.
Talk of 'civil war' is the talk of movies, the more outrageous kind. It's plain silly.
Interesting reading of some of the facts around if Trump does indeed refuse to relinquish office here:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...president-coup
Sure—so much so that a third of them would proudly and automatically correct your assertion by explaining that the US is not a democracy.
I hear you're saying, but I think it's important to nuance this take. Much of the US is and has long been ruled by a party representing a minority of voters accustomed to yielding disproportionate political power by leveraging antimajoritarian and indeed antidemocratic features of the US political & electoral system. The democracy these people love is not the same democracy as the one their opponents—and most of the developed world—loves.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Shit just got real.
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I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
Which is what I am
I aim at the stars
But sometimes I hit London
Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater'
So there you go. Sorry, no civil war this time, Trump knows he's out, he just doing this as publicity for a new media company and his 2024 presidential run.
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Aren't lawyers licenced in America? How does anyone think for a second this would class as evidence?
I'm waiting for the ABA to sanction Powell, Giuliani, et al for bringing frivolous lawsuits, and breaching their oaths to protect and defend the Law according to the Constitution. These people shouldn't be allowed to "practice" law while they undermine and subvert it, like gangsters or grifters.
I'm starting to discover that an alarming number of practices are just as inept as the general population. We've been going through the process for transferring parental rights with our foster and we've had to send the paperwork back 3 times now for stupid bullshit like misspelled names, incorrect dates, or (my favorite) having the 6 year old brother listed as the father. We are starting to look into getting our own lawyer to look over everything once we've told its final for our own piece of mind.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
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If this guy's talking about it, a bunch of other violent doofuses are doing it.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I am still not certain the duly elected president will be inaugurated come January 20th.
Congratulations America
The only way he doesn't is if he dies first, at this point. Certified results made it in by Dec 8th, and Congress doesn't have the authority to reject them, even if someone tried to send in an alternate slate of electors (which the various state legislatures show no signs of doing).
Truly bizarre even for grand-standing. And supposing there is a majority on the Court willing to try and overturn the election (which the rejection of the filing out of Pennsylvania shows there isn't) they'd still never do so under the notion that officials in one state have legal standing to file suit against another state's purely internal legislating. That'd be opening a never-ending nightmare of suits for the Court.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
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"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Totally normal country:
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"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I know Paxton, the AG, would love a federal pardon except he's not going to be charged federally while Trump is still in office and the charges he's already facing are state charges which federal action doesn't do a thing against And the AG, of all people in the state, is aware of those distinctions.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
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Turns out that Court Justices can read and aren't impressed when you make up quotes.
Shit, the states of New California and New Nevada have joined the fray:
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"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Aren't those loonie movements from people who don't recognize the authority of the federal government? Which makes them joining a lawsuit to get the federal supreme court to interfere with a state's election results ironic to say the least.
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
And the suit was kicked for lack of standing. I liked how Alito and Thomas' dissent from that said that they thought the state should be heard but they weren't going to grant any injunctive relief so Paxton would have been free to argue the case sometime late next year, "No, no, making a statement about lack of standing is getting too involved in this stupidity. Grant the motion and then just wait for them to withdraw it. If someone still wants to argue for some reason, we'll kick it for there being no continuing justiciable conflict or controversy."
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
I'm not sure if lack of standing is the desired ground for rejection. After all states have a vested interest in electoral process in other states. It might have made more sense to reject on the basis of the timing of the suit; the decision to change rules on postal voting was taken months ago.
Congratulations America
Not a legal or constitutional one. The mechanism by which states are allowed to express interest in another states purely internal legislation is Congress and the application of the federal supremacy clause. Though in this particular case even that doesn't work. State legislatures choose how their electors are to be selected, period. Second paragraph of Article 2. Congress' power is limited to selecting the time they must choose their electors and the day the electors must cast their ballots. They do not have any Constitutional requirement, for instance, to put it to a popular vote at all. In the early years a number of states saw them appointed directly by the state legislatures. Some states switched between putting it to some sort of popular vote and appointing them. I know Massachusetts went back and forth for a while. This doesn't mean they can actually roll back and take it away from a general vote in the real world anymroe, it's merely to illustrate how it's not something for other states to try and intervene in or dictate on.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
Good to see those patriotic Texans call for secession. I'm sure Lewk will condemn their treason.
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