This is correct. The power is enshrined in the Constitution. All he needs now is to put on the full Armor of God, for he will be tested. Pray for his courage and resilience.
Yep, the founders assumed that elector’s votes would be secret and thus the ability to reject illegal electors wouldn’t offer the VP any opportunity to effect the election, because the certificates would all be sealed, and he wouldn’t know who the votes were for.
States have thrown out how this is supposed to work by passing laws that attempt to shift the power to the people, and try to control the nomination and voting if the electors. This maneuver both creates an opportunity for fraud which doesn’t exist in the original design, but also a method for curing fraud.
John Adams chose to accept the electors from Vermont in 1796
Jefferson accepted questionable slate of electors in 1800 from Georgia
Viva Barnes podcast is so money. I also recommemd the Parcast podcast called American Scandal.
This is correct. The power is enshrined in the Constitution. All he needs now is to put on the full Armor of God, for he will be tested. Pray for his courage and resilience.
Yep, the founders assumed that elector’s votes would be secret and thus the ability to reject illegal electors wouldn’t offer the VP any opportunity to effect the election, because the certificates would all be sealed, and he wouldn’t know who the votes were for.
States have thrown out how this is supposed to work by passing laws that attempt to shift the power to the people, and try to control the nomination and voting if the electors. This maneuver both creates an opportunity for fraud which doesn’t exist in the original design, but also a method for curing fraud.
The electors were supposed to be random members of the public.
Then congress passed the electoral count act to try and do away with the problems from 1876, but the ECA is constitutionally questionable.
what I learned from post election debacle is that with SCOTUS it's better to do things your way and ignore them.
Than, IF they take a case against you, you still get your day in court - but in that case time and status quo is on your side.