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Harvard professor says GOP electors are close to blocking Trump win
The Hill ^ | December 13, 2016 | By Brooke Siepel

Posted on 12/13/2016 11:18:44 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee

Harvard University law professor Larry Lessig said Tuesday that 20 Republican Electoral College voters are considering flipping to vote against Donald Trump, more than half the number of anti-Trump votes needed to stall the president-elect from being sworn into office.

"Obviously, whether an elector ultimately votes his or her conscience will depend in part upon whether there are enough doing the same. We now believe there are more than half the number needed to change the result seriously considering making that vote," Lessig told Politico.

Lessig has been offering free legal counsel to "faithless electors" who are considering casting a ballot for an alternative candidate as opposed to Trump, who earned 306 votes on Election Day, well above the necessary 270. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; electoralcollege; faithlesselectors; fakeclaims; fakenews; harvard; lessig; moonbats; snowflakes; tempertrantrum; trigglypuff53
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To: goldstategop

They make the claims in hopes that one: electors will think they are getting on a bandwagon and will turn their coats or two: that voters in the future will remember electors having voted “their consciences” and turning coat even though it didn’t happen.


21 posted on 12/13/2016 11:40:34 PM PST by arthurus (Mrs Clinton is The Great Conniver.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

2nd Amendment.


22 posted on 12/13/2016 11:41:47 PM PST by Cololeo
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To: Brad from Tennessee
That would be a coup.

The so-called faithless electors would be accomplices in the coup.

That doesn't seem to be a recipe for a long and happy life where one dies in one's bed, unless it happens to be on fire.

23 posted on 12/13/2016 11:42:11 PM PST by gogeo (But he's not a conserrrrrvative!)
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To: fr_freak

You’re just figuring out the left’s genocidal intents now?


24 posted on 12/13/2016 11:42:42 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Jack Hammer

I am so effen sick of these libs. I knew there was something wrong with them before this election but this time, they have shown to be such evil fill in the blanks.....

I cannot wait until the electoral college votes and is done with this mess.


25 posted on 12/13/2016 11:45:03 PM PST by hsmomx3 (Love my Steelers!!)
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To: volunbeer

I think it is the hillary machine..she has been very, very quiet...just like the devil until bam, they come out swinging out of nowhere.


26 posted on 12/13/2016 11:46:56 PM PST by hsmomx3 (Love my Steelers!!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

fake news


27 posted on 12/13/2016 11:50:01 PM PST by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Hey Lessig... Better watch your back A-hole.


28 posted on 12/13/2016 11:53:24 PM PST by Bullish
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To: Salamander

Hopefully they will if not this time, they’ll get rid of him after this ASAP the guys a dope.


29 posted on 12/13/2016 11:56:38 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I’ve heard that Harvard used to be a real university.


30 posted on 12/13/2016 11:57:52 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: snarkytart

I’ve been following MAGA_Trump5 ever since election night.

He has not been wrong, once.

He’s some kind of OMG-Bigly-Insider with Trump, apparently.


31 posted on 12/13/2016 11:59:24 PM PST by Salamander (I'm Your Pain...)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Trying to kick-start Civil War II?


32 posted on 12/14/2016 12:00:07 AM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: fr_freak

Riot like the liberals do..........TIMES TEN!!!!

BURN LIBERAL Icons, tear the place down.

Show them what millions of pissed of people with guns looks like.


33 posted on 12/14/2016 12:00:31 AM PST by Chainsawj (I don't wanna be buried............................................in a pet cemetery.)
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To: RegulatorCountry
if these shipheads get their way, I predict a massive stock market crash as well as WW3 starting....

the world is just now breathing a sigh of relief with the ouster of the Toon mafia....

there will be massive consequences...

34 posted on 12/14/2016 12:09:09 AM PST by cherry
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To: gogeo
The so-called faithless electors would be accomplices in the coup.

Before acting they should give very careful consideration to what the results couuld be for the nation and for them personally.

Then they should ask The Nutty Harvard Professor if he can provide them with 24/7/365 personal security for the remainder of their lives.

If their actions precipitated a coup that subsequently lead to violence they would be standing in the spotlight right at the epicenter.


35 posted on 12/14/2016 12:12:00 AM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Brad from Tennessee

More fake news. The libs are going crazy.


36 posted on 12/14/2016 12:12:05 AM PST by exnavy (this tagline under construction, pardon our dust!)
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To: lee martell

Amen; help President Elect Trump, Lord; and give his team guidance and wisdom!


37 posted on 12/14/2016 12:14:49 AM PST by Sontagged (Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you...)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

This professor is a poor liar. If one is going to concoct a lie, one shouldn’t use round numbers like 20. If he said 17 or 21 electors, it would sound more believable. Choosing a round number is a rookie mistake when telling a lie.


38 posted on 12/14/2016 12:17:46 AM PST by Flick Lives (Les Deplorables Triumphant)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
1. NEVER trust a liberal Harvard professor

2. NEVER trust MSM pre-election polls

39 posted on 12/14/2016 12:21:13 AM PST by profit_guy
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To: Flick Lives

well said. I don’t see how him and Jill Stein have consciences given how they thrive on greed and deception for fame.


40 posted on 12/14/2016 12:23:54 AM PST by bjcoop
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