Posted on 07/11/2022 5:18:03 AM PDT by libstripper
embers of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority just last week took the next step in a little-noticed, but extremely dangerous, project: attempting to jam into law a radical misinterpretation of the Constitution’s elections and electors clauses, which, if successful, would create electoral chaos across the country. Before next summer, and well in advance of the 2024 presidential election, the Court could strip state courts and state constitutions of their ability to check and balance state legislators when they make laws for federal elections, giving partisan majorities near-total control over how voters cast ballots and how those ballots are counted. And it would make the current Court—which already has a horrible track record on voting rights—the ultimate judge of whether the legislatures’ actions are legal.
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A good family friend’s brother is close friend of Phil Waldron. (our families have both been in this town for 120+ years)
My friend’s older brother went to college with Phil and he is a straight arrow. And smart.
We don’t have long to prepare for the mid term election. But everybody is applying maximum caution here. I’m local precinct election judge. There is be no fraud here. (small town)
Panic Porn from a Partisan Media Shill and Stooge.
When will someone shout from the rooftops that the Constitution is the law of the land and anyone diverting from it for political gain are the activists and radicals?
They have plenty of grounds, including high treason.
A ruling for state legislatures in this case would be a sea change. It could cure most of the fraud of the 2020 presidential election.
Actually, I would say low, medium AND high treason...
Since there is currently no law, there is no treason
Oh my God! They are actually enforcing the constitution!
The appointment of Electors by State Legislatures is a plenary (unchecked) power, and it is not by any stretch of the imagination a “federal election”.
Note that in his long propaganda piece he never directly quotes the article of the constitution Im question, which says...
“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”
This is about as clear cut as anything in the constitution.
He calls... “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof”, a “radical theory”, where in fact it is the literal text of the constitution.
“The framers were wise when they ruled that “THE LEGISTLATURE” not the courts, decide how to conduct federal elections”
The appointment of a State’s electors is not a “federal election”.
What they mean is SCOTUS could actually enforce the elections clause of the US Constitution.
Covid impacted many processes when it was full blown
and the USA was in some form of lock down. jmo
Please note that the Federal elections clause (which you quote correctly) applies to elections to the House of Representatives, and (as amended) to the Senate.
It is proper to refer to these elections as “federal elections”
But notice that Article I §4 does not make reference to the appointment of Electors at all. This is a power reserved EXCLUSIVELY to State Legislatures.
Mongol General: What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women and their columnists.
Indeed. The SCOTUS has repeatedly affirmed the State Legislatures have plenary power over elections run in their State, including elections to Federal offices. The Governor has no say. The State Supreme Court has no say.
Deal with it, progressives!
A “dangerous misinterpretation” of the plain language of the Constitution.
Oh nos
“giving partisan majorities near-total control over how voters cast ballots and how those ballots are counted.”
So just like Cook County IL, then.
Got it.
Thanks.
L
Yes, this is something like the 4th or 5th article ALREADY on a case that won’t come up for a month or so.
That’s ok. As with the EPA case, which got buried in Dobbs, let them focus on this while the Affirmative Action case ends that horrid policy.
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