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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMelissa Murray made a great point- from the texts
ReTHUGS clearly thought the Supreme Court would go along with their coup,
On Ari.
NanceGreggs
(27,815 posts)It just never occurred to any of them that things wouldn't work out exactly as planned - and as a result, the whole world would be privy to their texts, phone calls, conversations, etc.
malaise
(269,050 posts)The system is way stronger than they thought
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)but it is nice to know that a dumb piece of shit like the Slobfather failed.
Nevilledog
(51,120 posts)canetoad
(17,168 posts)KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)Reality becomes real
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)radius777
(3,635 posts)what this SCOTUS would do. Roberts wouldn't go along but who knows what the other 5 would do, who just upheld the absurd Texas anti-choice bounty law.
IIRC, all of the cases SCOTUS ruled on during the 2020 election were related to state election law and process issues, not deeper Constitutional questions such as having legislatures select alternate slates of electors, having the VP reject electors, having it thrown into the House, etc.
Nowhere in the Constitution is there a right for voters to select the electors. The right is that of the state legislatures which have in all states decided to 'allow' the voters to do so. IOW, it has become a custom enshrined in state laws, but a rogue RW SCOTUS could decide to revert to an 'originalist' reading of the Constitution.
mopinko
(70,121 posts)that's a special kind of stupid right there.