Donald Trump’s attorneys in 2020 thought that they had one advantage which nobody — not the Democrats, not lower-court judges, not Congress — could outmatch: the Supreme Court.
Reading this finally makes it clear why the Electoral College will never, ever be repealed. Ever. The answer is simple. Money. In a simple popular vote, you add up the votes across the country and whoever got the most, wins. Period. End of conversation. All this bullshit with slates of electors and one layer of redundant pointlessness atop another is nothing more than a gold mine of legal fees. That’s right folks, the reason we will NEVER get rid of the Electoral College is because there is a massive legal infrastructure in every state that funnels gargantuan amounts of money to lawyers to litigate this bullshit. Millions of people vote even though their vote is irrelevant in their state, or risk disenfranchisement while the country faces the very real possibility of a fascist takeover, all so a handful of very well-connected lawyers can keep raking in mountains of cash arguing inane rhetorical points. American Exceptionalism my ass.
I can’ wait to read this. Kovensky’s series has been great so far!
Sixty-first time is the charm.
So they figured out the supremes would not be the immediate answer. They needed Pence to hew to the absurd scenarios of bullshit legalese in order to win the election. Thus follows Trump’s push via the insurrection to force Pence to delay or follow the illegal means to change the electoral vote.
The records do not provide a comprehensive accounting of the Trump campaign’s entire effort to reverse the President’s loss; they reflect what Chesebro provided as he sought to avoid further prosecution.
You left a word out: “former.” Please do not fall into the trap of referring to him as the president. That’s sloppy and wrong.
Aren’t we way past 61 now? And if you want an accurate reflection of his desperation, throw in all the frivolous appeals and other election-adjacent lawsuits (like the one that got Alina Habba big-time sanctions), and we’re well into triple digits.
The Supreme Court conversations underscores our corrupt court. We see it playing out with CO and the delay in denying cert on immunity.
How long is this Bull going to continue? Sick of it.
But it wasn’t until mid December, after the fake electors were sworn in
Sworn in by whom? Under what authority? And aren’t these individuals that did the swearing in, as well as those that claimed to be Electors, guilty of some kind of fraud just on the face of it all?!?
Haboobala got sanctioned for the stupid Trump v. Clinton lawsuit that they hoped to get assigned to Aileen Cannon but that got assigned to Judge Middlebrooks instead. To wit:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-sd-flo/2181258.html
This seems extremely self-incriminating:
“A campaign that believes it really won the election would file a petition as long as it’s plausible and the resource constraints aren’t too great,” Chesebro wrote
And if it landed in Cannon’s court instead?
I don’t know, that’s a real mystery. 
That, and it’s part of the Constitution, so no, it won’t be repealed without a Constitutional convention.
In this environment, that would be the worst thing that could happen:
Interpretation: Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3 | Constitution Center
Twelfth Amendment: Electoral College; Take Two | Academy 4SC
The fact that it is believed or known that there are judges to help them " Steal elections" should be an eye opener for anyone…the rest of this creative approach to coups and Rube Goldberg like subplots inspires awe that we were able to devolve so far as an example to the world.
The Electoral College, like the filibuster, empowers the powerful. I would like to see the EC disappeared, but, like becca656, I fear that any attempt to revise the Constitution would fall into the wrong hands these days. The guys and gals of the Convention of States continue to lurk, waiting to pounce. Article V Convention - Common Cause
I love when someone who knows one thing feel the need to hop on a single word to feel superior. Thanks Skippy. I appreciate the lesson from a true constitutional scholar.
I can understand if someone for a moment fails to comprehend that the steering wheel is no longer attached to the wheels and everyone is on an unguided disaster.
But for everyone in the car to fail for days, weeks and months to notice; well that is another story.
So, I will file another scheme under what money and ambition can do.
Ok, now I know.
You just want to spew crap unchallenged.
I’ll keep that in mind.
Have a nice day.
Somewhere else.
