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MattWoodPA [S] -5 points ago +3 / -8

Actually I think without the governor's consent they would have needed a majority they did not have to call a special session

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overtotheright 18 points ago +18 / -0

Who made that rule? The constitution says nothing about “the state legislature may declare their own electors... if they get the governor’s consent”. The governor isn’t even mentioned, right?

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HBGel 7 points ago +8 / -1

The US Constitution also says nothing about needing a government agency's permission to have a quiet gun or one that shoots fast... or one with a short barrel but a different shaped stock....... but here we are. Bullshit creeps in over time, and becomes accepted and "legally" enforced.

Note that I'm not sure if that applies here or not, (mainly just bitching about the ATF infringement.)

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overtotheright 5 points ago +5 / -0

My reading of the constitution is similar to yours. I think they intended us to buy anything the government can buy. Including tanks, nukes, artillery, anything we’d need to form a militia capable of overthrowing a tyrannical government.

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Keln 4 points ago +4 / -0

I'm guessing that had the Founders envisioned a device like a nuclear weapon, they would have explicitly excluded that from the definition of "arms". It's possible they would have banned the government from having them too. It would be horrifying to them.

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TexasJack 2 points ago +2 / -0

100% agree.

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CastlesMadeofSand01 2 points ago +2 / -0

Exactly. The legislators could get on a conference call, write a statement, put each of their names on it, and post it on Twitter saying they vote to send their own Trump electors.

There's usually a way around procedural parliamentary bullshit. For something of this importance, you don't tuck your tail between your legs and say "but, but the meany Governor won't let me exercise my powers!".

This is typical RINO, weak fence sitting bullshit.

I have 0 respect for this Cutler cuck.

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overtotheright 1 point ago +1 / -0

IANAL but that is exactly what I’ve been thinking about these state rep cucks!

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 1 point ago +1 / -0

Doing this would create a very unusual scenario where on 1/6 VP Pence would have two different envelopes to open from PA. One with the Governor's seal, one without. There is no clear law directing him what to do. He could decide, and Pelosi could in turn call the sargeant at arms to have the Senate removed from House chambers. This would stop the meeting, leaving no candidate declared for inauguration day. This has never happened in US history afaik, and would show that the system is broken. It is. Rubicon Don could legally assume emergency power, indefinitely. As CiC if the military obeyed him, we're good. Millions of us should clog the streets of DC in this case. If he also raises the Insurrection Act, the unorganized militia is automatically activated. Then we are the Kraken! And we outnumber the military some 100:1. But we do need to show up.

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CastlesMadeofSand01 1 point ago +1 / -0

There is no clear law directing him what to do

Electors clause of the Constitution. Each state legislature appoints electors. Because laws, chain of custody, and no sense can now be made of PA election results, the state legislature votes count.

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ladyliberty1776 5 points ago +5 / -0

Pa gop has majority. It has nothing to do with governers consent. House went out on recess and this fuck failed to call them back.

They should have been sleeping in their offices and working day and night to solve their own problems in the state.

It all goes back to a convenient piece of legislation passed back into 1938 as to why he is wiping his hands of calling them back.

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trump4eva 5 points ago +5 / -0

Constitution does not mention governor

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 0 points ago +1 / -1

This is the bs they tell us. It is 100% FALSE

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MattWoodPA [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

meaning he did not file with SCOTUS ? i read it..looked legit

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 1 point ago +1 / -0

I was responding to the comment immediately above. You can also tell by the bars on the left. The fact is we have a legislative branch of government. Executive or judicial don't get to tell the legislative what to do. They can meet if they bloody well please, and they don' need no stinking badges!

US Constitution gives State legislature power to choose State electors. My State (WI) won't do it either. This is because they are spineless. My SCWI also failed me. A seat was stolen in April; USPS. Governor was stolen in 2018.

They're getting awfully close to Crusading distance!