Electors take anti-Trump battle to court on constitutional rights

[Bladewire]

The movement is strong and this is one of 28 suits to be filed this week freeing the elite Electors to vote their conscious, as is their constitutional right. How do you think it will turn out for them? Freedom of speech or forced to "vote" against their will?

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Electors take anti-Trump battle to court - POLITICO

In the legal filing, obtained by POLITICO, lawyers for Baca and Nemanich argue that Colorado's statute is flatly unconstitutional because the Founding Fathers intended presidential electors to have free will when casting their votes ? and to consider the popular vote as merely advisory.

Two presidential electors in Colorado are heading to court Tuesday to try and boost their extreme long-shot gambit to stop Donald Trump from officially being elected president when the Electoral College votes on Dec. 19.

Democratic electors Polly Baca and Robert Nemanich are filing suit in federal court to overturn a state law that forces them to support the winner of Colorado's presidential popular vote, in this case Hillary Clinton. But a successful bid, they say, would undermine similar laws in 28 other states, empowering Republican electors in those states to reject Trump.

[Coup]

LOL.

Just one more frenzied delusion that will go no where.

[2MuchMark]

Good!! Very, very good.

[Barry-xlovecam]

This will need Certiorari and need to be decided in the US Supreme Court.

So a TRO will have to issue or a leave granted to Appeal -- this might take months.

U.S. Constitution

12th Amendment
Amendment XII

The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves ;

they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate ;

--The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted ;

--the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ;

and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote ;

a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President ;

a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
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Elections

Say Hello to President Biden?

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by Coup

LOL.

Just one more frenzied delusion that will go no where.

Yeah you said recounts wouldn't happen too

It's a very unusual election season this time.

[woj]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Yeah you said recounts wouldn't happen too

It's a very unusual election season this time.

no one said recounts wouldn't happen, everyone just said they wouldn't accomplish anything... now that recounts are underway, we are few days in and vote totals remain pretty much unchanged and there is zero evidence of any "rigging", so you guys are coming up with wilder and wilder excuses to derail this election... it's starting to become pretty ridiculous...

I can't wait for this nonsense to end in 2 weeks, but I suspect even after he is 100% officially elected, you guys even then won't let it go...

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by woj

no one said recounts wouldn't happen, everyone just said they wouldn't accomplish anything... now that recounts are underway, we are few days in and vote totals remain pretty much unchanged and there is zero evidence of any "rigging", so you guys are coming up with wilder and wilder excuses to derail this election... it's starting to become pretty ridiculous...

can't wait for this nonsense to end in 2 weeks, but I suspect even after he is 100% officially elected, you guys even then won't let it go...

"you guys even then won't let it go"

Predicting the future again

You guys would be doing the same, or worse, if Trump lost, you all promissed that when you were crying "rigged election" wah wah wah don't tread on me, revolt with guns, snipers

[woj]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

"you guys even then won't let it go"

Predicting the future again

You guys would be doing the same, or worse, if Trump lost, you all promissed that when you were crying "rigged election" wah wah wah don't tread on me, revolt with guns, snipers

come on, you know I'm probably right, not very likely that dec 19th will be the end of it...

and I doubt Trump supporters would hang on to it for so long... I'm pretty sure they would have figured: "for months we've been told that a Trump win is a long shot, it didn't work out, oh well..." and so they would have pretty quickly moved on with their lives...

[Barry-xlovecam]

The US constitution 12th says that they have to vote -- that's it.

[crockett]

Originally Posted by woj

no one said recounts wouldn't happen, everyone just said they wouldn't accomplish anything... now that recounts are underway, we are few days in and vote totals remain pretty much unchanged and there is zero evidence of any "rigging", so you guys are coming up with wilder and wilder excuses to derail this election... it's starting to become pretty ridiculous...

I can't wait for this nonsense to end in 2 weeks, but I suspect even after he is 100% officially elected, you guys even then won't let it go...

Trump still to this day claims the election was rigged.. Don't say "you guys" when your boy has been saying it was rigged even after he won..

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by crockett

Trump still to this day claims the election was rigged.. Don't say "you guys" when your boy has been saying it was rigged even after he won..

To me "It's rigged I won" is more disturbing than "I'll lose against a rigged system".