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Supreme Court To Hear Case On 'Faithless' Electors-
Punish Electoral College members who ignore the popular vote?
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| Jan. 17, 2020
| Megan VerHeist
Posted on 01/17/2020 7:30:21 PM PST by PerConPat
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Another attempt to dismantle the Republic...
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posted on
01/17/2020 7:30:21 PM PST
by
PerConPat
To: PerConPat
Democrats, when you can’t win by the rules, you change the rules. Our country is falling apart and will soon fall into chaos
To: PerConPat
Lower c ours split on the issue.
I wonder if any of those courts have new Trump appointed judges. Now that Trump has been changing the make up of courts for 3 years the rulings on the issue might be different.
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posted on
01/17/2020 7:37:56 PM PST
by
airborne
(I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
To: airborne
We’re still stuck with Judas Roberts. With two children, it’s understandable he doesn’t want to end up like Scalia. Or Epstein, or Vince Foster, or the Washington Madam, or...
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posted on
01/17/2020 7:41:43 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: realcleanguy
Yes, this subject was a surprise to me. It shouldn’t have been.
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posted on
01/17/2020 7:45:05 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.-- Mencken)
To: realcleanguy
but out of that chaos the order we all know and love will arise.
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posted on
01/17/2020 7:45:39 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
To: PerConPat
The thought of having to spend the rest of their life in a program similar to witness protection should be enough to discourage anyone from attempting this.
To: PerConPat
Most States are controlled by Republicans and that will help during a close election in the Electoral College.
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posted on
01/17/2020 7:53:37 PM PST
by
Meatspace
To: GreyHoundSailor
LOL...Some of them actually refused to vote for Hillary in their state in an attempt to influence electors in Trump states to vote against him. The Dummycrats have gone round the bend.
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posted on
01/17/2020 7:59:05 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.-- Mencken)
To: Meatspace
Absolutely... Although the article doesn't make it clear, I suspect the GOP is pushing the matter to the Supremes.
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:02:05 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.-- Mencken)
To: PerConPat
Unless I’m misreading something this sounds like a good thing.
What I’m getting from this is that the state electors must vote for the candidate that wins in that state. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to work?
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:05:01 PM PST
by
Do_Tar
To: PerConPat
If I remember right, in 2016 more of Hillary’s electors defected than Trump’s. The Democrats shouldn’t be promoting this kind of desertion. The last time electors deserted a candidate en masse was for a Democratic candidate, Horace Greeley, in 1872.
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:05:53 PM PST
by
Berosus
(I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
To: Berosus
Greeley had died, so the electors had to desert him to have their votes count.
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:06:41 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
To: Do_Tar
Yes, it is a good thing. Simply because, IMO, it enforces the system the founders blessed us with- as proved in 2016. This case came about primarily due to Dummycrat electors trying to game the last presidential election.
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:13:42 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.-- Mencken)
To: Publius; Berosus
Very interesting...If this behavior isn't stepped on now, I can see real trouble ahead. However, I do see the complcation presented by the Greely situation.
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:18:37 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.-- Mencken)
To: PerConPat
Good, this needs to be resolved once and for all.
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:21:32 PM PST
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: bigbob
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:22:33 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.-- Mencken)
To: Berosus
Just saw this on Fox News. One Elector in CO and 3 in WA voted for Trump instead of Clinton.
They were all replaced and fined by their States for not voting for Clinton.
The SCOTUS decision could impact Electors in all of the blue States that now have the “popular vote” rule.
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:29:55 PM PST
by
octex
To: octex
I read on Wikipedia “Faithless elector” the WA 3 voted for Colin Powell in 2016. I believe they were trying to influence other electors in red states to do the same in an attempt to hurt Trump.
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posted on
01/17/2020 8:52:58 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.-- Mencken)
To: PerConPat
After lower courts split on the question, the U.S. Supreme Court decided today it will hear a case to decide whether presidential electors are bound to support the popular vote winner in their states or can opt for someone else. If the Supreme Court does rule that Electors must vote for the popular vote winner in their state, there goes the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact movement that tries to give their electoral votes to the overall national vote winner.
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posted on
01/17/2020 9:25:44 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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