It’s actually not a representative democracy - it’s a constitutional republic. That’s the whole point. If you were a ‘representative democracy’ as we are in the UK, you’d be stuffed. The fact that you have a constitution and the electoral college is a double lock against this fuckery being allowed to play out.
Given what's at stake, I don't see how it CAN'T be decided by SCOTUS. Using GA as the example, next step is Powell arguing her case in Federal court in GA, where she presents her evidence and presumably someone from Biden's team argues against it and presents their evidence. The judge rules that all, some or none of Powell's arguments are valid and grants all, some or none of the relief she is asking for. Not a lawyer, but I cannot see how any judge can rule against her on the purely legal questions as they seem quite straightforward. So if the judge rules for her on those aspects and invalidates even just the Cobb County, absentee and/or ballots from persons shown to have moved out of state, he/she will have no choice but to grant her requested relief and either direct Gov Kemp to transmit Trump's electors or invalidate the entire election, preferably the former. Either way the judge decides, one side will definitely appeal until it reaches SCOTUS, where again they will decide based on the law, in which case Trump wins. The same rationale and process should prove true in every state with a case now pending. The only concern is time. Courts dont like to hurry, and by diddling around these states have run the clock, down, but not out. I dont see an evidentiary trial before next week leaving just a few days for at least one appeal before SCOTUS. I almost wish she wasnt arguing the Dominion stuff just because its so much information and so complicated and so time consuming.
A whole lot of lawyers on both sides probably spent the holiday eating turkey sandwiches and prepping this case. The next two weeks are going to be very interesting.
it was never designed for 9 people in black robes to make the final call- we've honestly fallen into a trap for going along with that for so long- our representatives get to say "oh darn, well we tried but the SC stepped on our nuts so..."
it's bull- SC doesn't have constitutional power to legislate / invent- unfortunately, we've given them the power through precedence to do so (Marshall up to Roberts with his ridiculous and contradictory Obamacare rewrite)- the problem is that, as a nation of laws, people on our side historically respect the law. Bad actors meanwhile manipulate the law for their ends.
If the SC ever rules that we have to give up our guns then we should do more than lose them in a fishing trip. We should use them as the Founders intended.
Right now we have some twisted oligarchy via the SC and we shouldn't think they get the final on anything.
Five of them voted the right way on Cuomo's church lockdown order. They want to follow the law. If they follow the law on the cases in GA. MI, and PA, Trump wins.
It’s actually not a representative democracy - it’s a constitutional republic. That’s the whole point. If you were a ‘representative democracy’ as we are in the UK, you’d be stuffed. The fact that you have a constitution and the electoral college is a double lock against this fuckery being allowed to play out.
God bless and god’s speed brother - so goes America, so goes the world. We are all with you!!
Final call is the fourth box
We the People make the call.
We called it for Donald J. Trump reelection.
Even people who didn't vote Trump know this (e.g. former overstock CEO)
Given what's at stake, I don't see how it CAN'T be decided by SCOTUS. Using GA as the example, next step is Powell arguing her case in Federal court in GA, where she presents her evidence and presumably someone from Biden's team argues against it and presents their evidence. The judge rules that all, some or none of Powell's arguments are valid and grants all, some or none of the relief she is asking for. Not a lawyer, but I cannot see how any judge can rule against her on the purely legal questions as they seem quite straightforward. So if the judge rules for her on those aspects and invalidates even just the Cobb County, absentee and/or ballots from persons shown to have moved out of state, he/she will have no choice but to grant her requested relief and either direct Gov Kemp to transmit Trump's electors or invalidate the entire election, preferably the former. Either way the judge decides, one side will definitely appeal until it reaches SCOTUS, where again they will decide based on the law, in which case Trump wins. The same rationale and process should prove true in every state with a case now pending. The only concern is time. Courts dont like to hurry, and by diddling around these states have run the clock, down, but not out. I dont see an evidentiary trial before next week leaving just a few days for at least one appeal before SCOTUS. I almost wish she wasnt arguing the Dominion stuff just because its so much information and so complicated and so time consuming.
A whole lot of lawyers on both sides probably spent the holiday eating turkey sandwiches and prepping this case. The next two weeks are going to be very interesting.
it was never designed for 9 people in black robes to make the final call- we've honestly fallen into a trap for going along with that for so long- our representatives get to say "oh darn, well we tried but the SC stepped on our nuts so..."
it's bull- SC doesn't have constitutional power to legislate / invent- unfortunately, we've given them the power through precedence to do so (Marshall up to Roberts with his ridiculous and contradictory Obamacare rewrite)- the problem is that, as a nation of laws, people on our side historically respect the law. Bad actors meanwhile manipulate the law for their ends.
If the SC ever rules that we have to give up our guns then we should do more than lose them in a fishing trip. We should use them as the Founders intended.
Right now we have some twisted oligarchy via the SC and we shouldn't think they get the final on anything.
I don't trust SCOTUS. those people on our side are Bush and Mitch people.
Five of them voted the right way on Cuomo's church lockdown order. They want to follow the law. If they follow the law on the cases in GA. MI, and PA, Trump wins.