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Showing Original Post only (View all)Holy shit! Harvard professor says GOP electors are close to blocking Trump win [View all]
Harvard University law professor Larry Lessig said Tuesday that 20 Republican Electoral College voters are considering flipping to vote against Donald Trump, more than half the number of anti-Trump votes needed to stall the president-elect from being sworn into office.
"Obviously, whether an elector ultimately votes his or her conscience will depend in part upon whether there are enough doing the same. We now believe there are more than half the number needed to change the result seriously considering making that vote," Lessig told Politico.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/310309-harvard-professor-says-gop-electors-are-close-to-blocking-trump
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boston bean
Dec 2016
OP
He suppressed investigation of Russian hacks while publicizing HRC investigation.
lagomorph777
Dec 2016
#98
This is how I feel also -- I would be delighted, ecstatic. But I have my doubts at this point
anneboleyn
Dec 2016
#127
House might choose Jeb or Marco, because they were preferred by most of the big GOP donors. nt
tblue37
Dec 2016
#101
I thought that the House and Senate could only interfere in the event of a tie and only a tie?
cstanleytech
Dec 2016
#52
Oh, this should be amusing to watch then in a "train wreck in action" kind of way as
cstanleytech
Dec 2016
#142
Good will? We can wrap that up, put it in a box and stow it away in the attic.
Missn-Hitch
Dec 2016
#32
Well if they let Hillary become president with Pence as VP then the deplorables will have plenty to
cstanleytech
Dec 2016
#53
Except 37 are not going to flip to Clinton and not all Dem electors will flip to a third candidate.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#86
Someone besides him needs to win 270 electors or the House picks and they will pick him.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#134
no, without enough electorial votes no one becomes pres and we have a new election.
Javaman
Dec 2016
#137
Dominoes fall one at a time. The more that fall, the more that will come after.
Tiggeroshii
Dec 2016
#37
That's true. A couple weeks ago, most people wouldn't have thought even 5 EC's would flip
AgadorSparticus
Dec 2016
#60
Geez how you been? Haven't seen you in ages. I don't give a shit if they use the constitution to
boston bean
Dec 2016
#102
I'd like to think positive, but I'm bitter. Everytime this kind of thing comes out,
C Moon
Dec 2016
#25
I'll believe it when I see it. Until then, Assfaced Shitgibbon is our president.
Feeling the Bern
Dec 2016
#46
Put yourself in the place of an elector. Knowing the cabinet nominees and the general coziness
Vinca
Dec 2016
#71
But we still get a Republican, possibly even worse than the Tweeter-In- Chief elect, though that's..
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2016
#91
Yes. In 2000, a DC elector abstained in protest of DC's lack of Congressional representation.
JustinL
Dec 2016
#149
I dunno, unable to buy this, unless the nastiness of this December surprise ain't over yet.
JHan
Dec 2016
#99
How the hell is that close when it is barely more than half of what is needed? nt
doc03
Dec 2016
#103