The article (see below) says Giuliani believes state legislatures can override their electoral votes.
It’s so ridiculous that Trump would go to such great lengths to defeat the system of electoral votes established by the Constitution. Giuliani asked the governor of Georgia to have the legislature override the electoral votes. The governor, a Republican, declined. It would seem to me that if the governor had agreed to do so, there would be an immediate emergency restraining order in federal court to block the governor’s attempt to change the electoral votes.
Trump keeps losing and losing yet fails to follow the protocol and concede the election. This makes one wonder why he is so desperate to win. It all points to his legal situation. He seems very concerned that when he’s no longer protected by the presidency, his civil and criminal problems will come down on him. Justice will prevail.
To prevent this from happening again, I think it’s time that the US Congress pass a constitutional amendment that determines the procedures that must be followed by a president. There is already scheduled a meeting of the electoral college where the states will cast their votes. The final score is Biden gets 306 votes, much more than the 270 needed to win.
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Sensing that the courts are a lost cause, Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani told Fox News that the campaign is now focused on sidestepping the courts and making its case directly to state lawmakers.
“I saw what the courts were doing, and I wanted to go around them so the facts could get out,” Giuliani told Sean Hannity on Friday night. “The simple fact is, we don’t need courts. The United States Constitution gives sole power to the state legislature to decide presidential elections.”
Indeed, The Washington Post reports that on Saturday morning, Trump called Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to urge him to call a special legislative session to override the election results in that state and appoint electors who would vote for Trump. Kemp reportedly declined to do so.
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https://www.npr.org/2020/12/05/943535299/trumps-legal-losses-come-fast-and-furious
Another article, important point about Trump’s attempts at black voter suppression.
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>> With the election challenges serving as a sort of punctuation mark on all of that, Clarke said, “I think this will stand out in the history books as one of the darkest moments in our nation’s history.” <<
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Update Dec 8 – The Supreme Court unanimously rejected Trump’s Pennsylvania absentee vote appeal with a single sentence in just a few tens of minutes.
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<< Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday spurned a request from Republican allies of President Trump to decertify Pennsylvania’s election results, foreclosing hopes from Mr. Trump and his backers that the justices would help deliver him a second term in the White House. >>
