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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Ex-CIA operative: We may need a new vote [View all]hughee99
(16,113 posts)61. And? I don't think judicial rulings in foreign countries
Allow the US government to ignore the constitution... At least I hope they don't.
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Have we ever been in this situation before with the constitution silent on what to do?
libtodeath
Dec 2016
#21
Actually there was nothing in the original set up about people voting for the EC
onenote
Dec 2016
#72
agreed; a foreign power is attempting to hijack our very democracy/government. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#69
The SCOTUS has described a very limited set of circumstances where that could happen
onenote
Dec 2016
#73
Nope. The person who got the popular vote should be in because those T states are under suspicion.
duffyduff
Dec 2016
#16
We do need a new vote, without trasonous interference from the Russian-Republican cabal
Achilleaze
Dec 2016
#3
BINGO !!! Its not a matter of HOW MUCH they interfered that's a false bar. Its a matter of IF
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#4
This had the appearance of an election but as it turns out the fix was in. A fix is not an election.
AnotherMother4Peace
Dec 2016
#5
States like California and New York could hold referendums on recognizing Trump's authority
KittyWampus
Dec 2016
#12
There should be a petition to the scotus to put a moritorium on the EC vote.
libtodeath
Dec 2016
#18
Well it would be nice if the rest of the US didn't have to fight California and New York...
PoliticAverse
Dec 2016
#87
I'm not sure that there is any kind of legal or constitutional mechanism for holding another
totodeinhere
Dec 2016
#20
If they oppose the infrastructure spending bill they could just not pass it. n/t
PoliticAverse
Dec 2016
#36
If they don't have enough votes to stop the spending bill they aren't going to have enough votes...
PoliticAverse
Dec 2016
#48