States are going to start sending Republican electors regardless of the vote. And they’ll get away with it. Bush v Gore already hinted that would be okay constitutionally, and we have a more politicized Court today.
State legislatures choose their electors according to the Constitution. All 50 states currently choose to have a vote to direct their legislatures to send certain electors, but there’s no reason they can’t ignore those votes as far as the Constitution is concerned.
I’ve lost hope and optimism of any true accountability being delivered. I’d still love if it was, but at this point he seems to have legal-teflon.
I think his only way out of this is pardoning himself. Just remember to vote!
States are going to start sending Republican electors regardless of the vote. And they’ll get away with it. Bush v Gore already hinted that would be okay constitutionally, and we have a more politicized Court today.
State legislatures choose their electors according to the Constitution. All 50 states currently choose to have a vote to direct their legislatures to send certain electors, but there’s no reason they can’t ignore those votes as far as the Constitution is concerned.