Originally published at: Trump Waits ‘Til Election Day To Finally Say What He Means On Abortion - TPM – Talking Points Memo
It’s a theme TPM has tackled repeatedly this campaign cycle — elevating all the ways in which Donald Trump, his campaign, his MAGA allies in Congress and the Republican Party as a whole have repeatedly flailed in their attempts to appear as though they’re softening their stance on abortion — due to how electorally unpopular red-state bans have been —…
The Dems are talking about state-level “Trump abortion bans,” and they know a second term for Trump means there will be at least a de facto national ban imposed by the right. And some GOP women seem to be quietly voting for Harris because of it.
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The question that hangs over this election is how far will the Supreme Court go in tipping the scales of a close election toward Donald Trump.
As one poster put it (ME) in regard to a recent decision allowing Virginia to change its rules and purge about 1,500 registered voters in spite of clear federal law not allowing a state to make changes to its election laws within 90 days of an election, the Supreme Court will “lift a finger” to help Trump win.
We see that in the most important state of Pennsylvania that the courts are allowing purging of what could be a substantial and determinative number of mail-in votes for inconsequential errors such as dates when the ballot has a post marked date.
In 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court did nothing because to have changed the result would have required it to invalidate the count in at least 3 states or instead of “lifting a finger” it would have needed to “move heaven and earth”.
So that is where we are, to help Trump we know the Supreme Court will lift a finger but is likely not going to move heaven and earth.
The problem I see with the Court taking action in Pennsylvania is that Democrats control both the executive branch and one House of the legislature. Therefore it would be difficult for Republican IN-Justices to abuse their power as Democrats have recourse through power of their own in state Government.
Michigan, where the Democrats control all levels of elected Government, is even more immune from Supreme Court partisan rulings as they would fly in the face of state actions.
While Pennsylvania is a possibility because Republicans do control one branch of the legislature the most likely state that the U.S. Supreme Court can, if it will overturn the national result, get involved is Wisconsin.
Wisconsin has currently the most jerrymandered legislative map favoring Republicans ever in any state. While that map has been found by the state Supreme Court to be unconstitutional and new districts have been drawn for this election, at best Democrats could take control of the State House as only 50%of the State jerrymandered Republican senate is on the ballot in 2024 and it will be 2026 before the State Senate will be not Republican jerrymandered.
The problem is even if Democrats take the Wisconsin State House in 2024 and currently have all state wide elected offices including Secretary of State, Attorney General and Governor, it will be the current jerrymandered House that will still be in power as the new State Government will not be sworn in until January when it comes to this election.
This give the Republican first and only U.S. Supreme Court two possible states that if the election is close, to try and steal it like in 2000.
Wisconsin through the “independent legislative theory” that 3 Supreme Court IN -Justices, Gorsuch, Thomas and Alito have embraced as a means of Republicans holding power. I know I do not what to bet on 2 of the other 3 Republican IN-Justices, Trump appointees Comey-Barret and Cavanaugh and Chief IN-Justice Roberts to save democracy.
All 6 Republican IN-Justices are down with throwing away ballots in Pennsylvania to help Trump.
So my hope is not only that like Al Gore, Kamala Harris wins the electoral vote. I am hoping that unlike Al Gore, Harris wins by a margin that requires more than one, and perhaps more than two states, so that the victory cannot be stolen from the American people by unelected partisan judges whose only real concern is for power and care little for the constitution or democracy.
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“Trump Waits ‘Til Election Day To Finally Say What He Means On Abortion”
C’mon, we all know Trump doesn’t read or understand much of anything so he prolly had someone (illegally???) fill in his ballot for him. Or – and this is far more likely – he voted for himself and called it a day!
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It is not illegal to assist a disabled person fill in their ballot.
Just saying…
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some mighty big murder mittens!
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He’s a coward and a bully. Did anybody REALLY think he wouldn’t lie to you?
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