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Sun Dec 11, 2016, 05:08 AM

SCOTUS: Invalidate Election Results Of 2016 - Order A New Election

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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/scotus-invalidate-election-results-2016-order-new-election

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/demand-new-2016-presidential-election

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Response to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 08:43 AM

1. FFS, do they even teach anything resembling civics

 

in school these days?

Maybe we should have new primaries as well.

Oh wait, we will! In four years! It's in the Constitution!

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Response to Kotya (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:37 AM

2. This is an option of the people. To petition the government to address

a problem the people perceive.
Don't ever forget that.

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Response to shraby (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:44 AM

3. I suppose if it makes people feel better, what's the harm?

 

Meanwhile, Trump assembles the most conservative cabinet this country has ever seen.

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Response to shraby (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 09:57 AM

4. I'm all about petitioning the government

for redress of grievances.

I just don't see the point of asking for something that isn't even Constitutionally possible.

But like the recounts, not my time or money that's being wasted, so have at it.

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Response to shraby (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 06:14 PM

7. Exactly, if the people, in their infinite wisdom, wish to petition the government to address

pigs lacking the ability to fly, it is certainly their right!

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Response to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 12:04 PM

5. A petition. Maybe a lawsuit can change something if there is evidence.

 

But, we have not seen the evidence.

The best lawsuit may be an equal justice suit. One unrelated to election interference has flaws since proving election interference won't hold up in a court unless you prove voters did not have free will and reasoning power to choose a candidate. If voters don't know the difference between fake news and real news, or foreign propaganda and Republican propaganda, that isn't a viable case to bring. That's a "voters are too stupid" claim seeking a stupid voters solution.

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Response to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 12:55 PM

6. The Constitution gives Congress the ability to resolve disputed elections, courts would never and

likely simply could not order new elections.

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Response to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 07:57 PM

8. Congress is the remedy

It's not possible to keep Trump out of the White House. Congress was envisioned as the bulwark against an unfit president. So the best course of action is to petition Congress to oppose, investigate and ultimately impeach Trump.

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