I often come across tweets from otherwise reasonable people (not the Twitter crackpots and detritus, I mean. Lord, don't go off the beaten path and pursue replies! DON'T DO IT!!! You have been warned.) declaring doom and portents of doom because Republicans or MAGA or both (what's the difference anymore, amirite?) are "creating evidence" of electoral fraud which will WIN THE ELECTION FOR THE GOP!Mike Lindell associate and former CO elections official Tina Peters, who was convicted yesterday, says her trial was rigged by the Deep State because she wasn’t allowed to present evidence that people in Serbia rigged our 2020 election. pic.twitter.com/J0cd33Kd9l
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 13, 2024
Or like this:Under the Constitution, the only power a VP has over policy is to cast the rare tie-breaking vote in the Senate. pic.twitter.com/l0E6zOGQMF
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 12, 2024
Don't be like MAGA. Don't assume they know what they're talking about, just because they do. Most of them understand the law about as well as Fitton does. Need I say more?Tom Fitton has “breaking news” that he’s about to sue the FBI because they won’t turn over all their documents to him on their ongoing investigation into the Trump rally shooting. pic.twitter.com/1bOSKJLdOO
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 13, 2024
Report names '35 rogue election officials' already refusing to certify the electionhttps://t.co/GPzIcpDDSI
— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 13, 2024
CREW explains that it isn't legal to not certify the election. So, for officials who seize upon the moment to "politically grandstand," it recommends that legal action be taken.Specifically, it cites ex-New Mexico county official Couy Griffin, ex-county officials Jerry Forestieri and Timothy DeHaan in North Carolina and Arizona county officials Ron Gould and Hildy Angiu for their role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.If county officials successfully obstruct certification, it could have a cascading effect on state and federal certification deadlines. It could also lead to mass disenfranchisement of qualified voters.
The first two paragraphs are sound enough, but the last is pure scare-mongering. The courts are quite capable of moving quickly enough if the need arises, especially since we are all aware of the drop-dead deadline of the Electoral Count Act, thanks to Bush v. Gore.
I don't have a problem with taking legal action, though I think the courts will want to wait until the individual officials actually act. Their statements could certainly be used against them in an emergency hearing, but I'm not sure they can be used prior to acting. That's kind of like arresting a guy because he said he wanted to rob the bank; but he never did.
Remain calm. All is well.
I agree except with the federal judiciary the way it is now, who can say how anything will end up? The Rehnquist and Roberts Courts have done outrageous things and gotten away with them and the current majority is obviously all-in on ratfucking things for Trump and the Republican-fascists. I wouldn't put anything past them and the way things are structured, they'd get away with anything.
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