US Presidential Election 2020 Thread II - Judgement Day(s)

Nody wrote: »

Remember the story making the rounds about Trump's twitter account password being hacked? Well it was true... He used MAGA2020! as the password...

Despite protests and counter-protests, and lawsuits and counterlawsuits—each side accusing the other of attempting to steal an election
that is rightfully theirs—Pennsylvania’s election officials certify the
result as a miniscule [theoretical in this case] 2,500-vote victory for [Biden], based on the strength
of the “overtime” votes counted during the canvassing process. This
official certification, of course, is not technically that [Biden] has
won Pennsylvania’s electoral votes, but rather than the slate of
presidential electors pledged to [Biden] have won, based on the popular
vote, the right to serve as the state’s electors. Pennsylvania’s governor so
certifies pursuant to state law.15 Also, as required by Congress, the
governor sends this “certificate of ascertainment” to the National
Archives, thereby notifying the federal government who has been
officially appointed the state’s electors.16 These electors then meet on the
day appointed by Congress (Monday, December 14) and indeed cast their
20 electoral votes for Warren. These electors then dutifully transmit a
certificate of their votes to “the President of the Senate,” as well as
sending a copy to the National Archives, both submissions as specified
by Congress.17

But this is not all that happens in Pennsylvania during this time. At
Trump’s urging, the state’s legislature—where Republicans have
majorities in both houses—purports to exercise its authority under Article
II of the Constitution to appoint the state’s presidential electors directly.
Taking their cue from Trump, both legislative chambers claim that the
certified popular vote cannot be trusted because of the blue shift that
occurred in overtime. Therefore, the two chambers claim to have the
constitutional right to supersede the popular vote and assert direct
authority to appoint the state’s presidential electors, so that this
appointment is in line with the popular vote tally as it existed on Election
Night, which Trump continues to claim is the “true” outcome. The state’s
Democratic governor refuses to assent to this assertion of authority by the
state’s legislature, but the legislature’s two chambers proclaim that the
governor’s assent is unnecessary. They cite early historical practices in
which state legislatures appointed presidential electors without any
involvement of the state’s governor.
18 They argue that like constitutional
amendments, and unlike ordinary legislation, the appointment of
presidential electors when undertaken directly by a state legislature is not
subject to a gubernatorial veto.19*

*19. One could consider the possibility that Pennsylvania’s governor, or judiciary, might attempt
to prevent the two chambers of the state’s legislature meeting for this purpose. For this analysis, I
shall assume that any such attempt would either not occur or not be successful. At the extreme, the
Republican members of the state legislature would likely be able to find a place to assemble, even
if it were not the official statehouse even if their meeting otherwise lacked the appearance of an
official session of the state’s legislative chambers. Even so, these Republican members of the state
legislature could purport to be engaged in an official legislative session, even if meeting in unusual
circumstances, and thus could purport to be appointing the state’s presidential electors pursuant to
the state legislature’s constitutional authority to do so. The Trump-pledged Republican electors
then could assert that they were meeting pursuant to this purported legislative appointment.
(Moreover, even if these irregular legislative sessions never occurred, the Trump-pledged
Republican electors might themselves meet, saying that they would have been appointed by the
state’s legislature if the legislature had not unlawfully been denied the opportunity to assemble, and
thus their electoral votes should be considered by Congress as valid as if the legislature has
successfully met to appoint them.)

Christy42 wrote: »

Like with Trump's random cases I would go want proof before deciding this is a story.

Rjd2 wrote: »

Someday people will realise that McConnell is popular in Kentucky. 7 senate wins and even won by double digits when Clinton carried his state.

Its a conservative state and he is someone who achieved a lot for the conservative movement thus he is rewarded every time they vote for him.


I don't like the man myself as I suspect he doesn't have a soul, but their is very little to that article of note, just a lady who I suspect lives in an echo chamber where everyone hates Mitch (rightfully tbf) so probably can't understand why he won yet again.

Decent article on his appeal from Kentucky.

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article246972207.html

amandstu wrote: »

Dos anyone anticipate Trump may actually end up asking his followers to vote Democrat?

amandstu wrote: »

Georgia is v interesting.

Dos anyone anticipate Trump may actually end up asking his followers to vote Democrat?

Right from the outset it was said that he was not a Republican (whatever that means)

Now is his time to come out of his closet (and into the next closet).

It really is set up so finely -could hardly have been better scripted.

They have to keep Trump sweet until the votes are cast and by so attempting are subverting American Democracy(even further)

And we know what happens to those who try to keep on the right side of Trump....instantly forgotten when the time comes.

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Alex Padilla nominated to fill Kamala Harris senate seat. Progressives aren't happy as he opposes Medicare for All

https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1341446669464969217