My understanding is that they have increased the number of volunteers and counting machines in anticipation of the deluge.
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Yeah I’m kinda agreeing with BHB and was part of if not the main reason for instating ACB so quickly.
People like ACB, Thomas, Kavenaugh et al spent their entire careers in service of a rightwing ideology to roll back social programs and overturn “bad” decisions. ACB in particular is itching to overturn Roe. They’re all products of the Federalist Society and are within a RCH of reaching their goal and they’re not about to let it slip by. They will do whatever is necessary to keep trump in office and secure the coup. They are about to reach their lifetime goal. THAT’s what’s in it for them.
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You are still thinking within the context of a normal, functioning democracy. When was the last time Putin, or any of his cronies, got worried about some lawyers coming after them?
In a post-democracy Amerika these things don’t exist. The law is what Dear Leader proclaims.
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Make no mistake. THAT is the plan. They’ve been lining up republican state legislatures to bring the lawsuits that elevate the contrived voting irregularities to the SC. Game, set and match.
I sure hope you’re right!
Gov. Wolf will NOT sign the Letter of Ascertainment until he is satisfied that all the votes duly submitted are counted. He has until the safe harbor date of 8 Dec 2020 to do so. According to the Constitution of the United States, ONLY the State Executive can submit such letter. Submission by the Speaker of the PA House will (rightly) be rejected by the US House. The PA Electors are certified by the Governor. In WI, MI and PA, the Governors are all Democrats. That fact is Biden’s “trump” card. Any monkey business in those three states will be very hard to pull off with Gov.s Wolf, Evers and Whitmer in place. ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES !!
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Two things can be true. Obviously, the fix is in. They’re bending themselves into pretzels to make the case for deciding a close or contested election for Trump. However, IF we win by an overwhelming margin, then the fix is broke. So, it’s important that we recognize that they’re actively trying to steal the election and that voting is even MORE important, as a result.
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The pardon power became a get-out-of-jail-free-card when Gerald Ford prospectively pardoned Richard Nixon for any federal crimes he might have committed from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974. No charges required.
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When Rapie Kavanaugh implied that all ballots must be tallied on the day of the election for them to be legal votes, know that he’s lying, or ignorant or both. In fact, every state has its own deadline for certifying their election results and those dates range this year from November 5th to December 11th. Tennessee, Hawaii, Rhode Island and New Hampshire don’t even have deadlines.
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On se calme les enfants! Tierney laid out very transparently the flaws in Bart’s concurrence. He boofed. Scalia is spinning in his grave and Kennedy is puking. It’s all good.
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My understanding was that the PA Supreme Court decision allows for counting of absentee ballots received after Election Day, with the assumption that the “three day” limit means the ballot was mailed prior to Election Day (many - most? - absentee ballots are postage paid and are not post-marked, at least my Central PA county does it that way). So any ballot received on or before Election Day would be counted in PA even if SCOTUS reconsiders reviewing the SCOPA decision.
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Don’t forget 620,000 war dead from 1861-1865.
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Word.
All Justice Rapey did really was prove how fucking stupid and ideological he is.
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This has been the case since at least 2000, but I’m sure they would have done it even earlier had the vote been close enough. But it’s always been when the vote was close. This year it doesn’t appear to be likely to be close, in either the popular or EC vote. But there’s nothing to stop them from overturning even a massive, obvious and unquestionable Biden win if they want to, and I’m beginning to worry that this is precisely what they’ll do, that the decision has already been made, and we’re just going through the motions of a real election when the outcome is already a given. It would be incredibly explosive and split the country apart like it hasn’t been split since 1861, but constitutionally, given the supremacy of the court, it would be technically legal.
Why would they do this? Not merely because they can, but because they know what may well happen if they don’t. Dems expanding the court to regain the majority, as well as the lower courts to gain the upper hand there too. Monumental progressive legislation like we haven’t seen since the 30’s and 60’s. DC & PR as new states. Laws against gerrymandering, voter suppression and election manipulation. A national voting rights and modernization act. Massive new spending. Basically a progressive dream and a conservative nightmare, the work of the past 50 years erased, their life’s work made moot.
Plus Trump goes to prison and is financially wiped out, dragging some of them down with him.
Are they really going to let that happen, even if the only way to prevent it is openly stealing the election via constitutional fiat?
I don’t think so.
Will it work, though? That’s the real question. But this is what’s going to happen, I now believe. There’s no other reason they rushed this through. They could have done it in the lame duck, which politically would have been smarter. They’re going to lose votes and possibly seats because of this. The ONLY reason they did it before the election was to steal it.
Folks, they’re going to steal the election via this new 6-3 majority. They’re that insane, extreme, brainwashed and corrupt.
Unless the country erupts in such civil unrest that they’re forced to back down.
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I wonder if, by 10:30 election evening, DJT will be demanding that every single vote be counted before Biden is declared the winner.
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A.k.a. two perfect examples of Republican cynicism.
I think that’s more likely than anything else. 
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“Likely voters or have already voted.”
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He’s going to be begging for every vote to be counted everywhere at this rate.
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