I have a Washington Post subscription. An hour ago they put an article online that clarifies what Thom is warning about here, but it is a behind a paywall. It is in addition to the Washington Post article from yesterday that Thom mentioned here. But based on what Thom said above, and on tonight's Washington Post article I just read, here…
I have a Washington Post subscription. An hour ago they put an article online that clarifies what Thom is warning about here, but it is a behind a paywall. It is in addition to the Washington Post article from yesterday that Thom mentioned here. But based on what Thom said above, and on tonight's Washington Post article I just read, here in my words is the horror we face:
1. The US Constitution ONLY mentions state LEGISLATURES as having the right to control election stuff.
2. If this is interpreted LITERALLY that means the state courts, the state laws, and the governors have NO say.
3. But the state courts and state laws in all the 50 states are the only things forcing the legislatures to honor the actual vote count rather than do whatever they want (submit fake electors).
4. Because they are thugs, in 2023, the right wing Supreme Court is PROBABLY going to do number 2 above.
5. That means they will be declaring it is PERFECTLY LEGAL for the corrupt swing state Republican legislatures to ignore their state courts and state laws, and override the actual voters and submit fake electors for the loser!
6. CHECKMATE! ...Democracy officially over! ...And democracy will be over in practice on Inauguration Day 2025, never to be regained, because unlimited gerrymandering as well as fake electors will also have been made perfectly legal, in ALL the Republican states that sent electors for the loser declared winner! They can gerrymander to the extreme until eternity, so permanent Republican minority rule will be set in stone!
I have a Washington Post subscription. An hour ago they put an article online that clarifies what Thom is warning about here, but it is a behind a paywall. It is in addition to the Washington Post article from yesterday that Thom mentioned here. But based on what Thom said above, and on tonight's Washington Post article I just read, here in my words is the horror we face:
1. The US Constitution ONLY mentions state LEGISLATURES as having the right to control election stuff.
2. If this is interpreted LITERALLY that means the state courts, the state laws, and the governors have NO say.
3. But the state courts and state laws in all the 50 states are the only things forcing the legislatures to honor the actual vote count rather than do whatever they want (submit fake electors).
4. Because they are thugs, in 2023, the right wing Supreme Court is PROBABLY going to do number 2 above.
5. That means they will be declaring it is PERFECTLY LEGAL for the corrupt swing state Republican legislatures to ignore their state courts and state laws, and override the actual voters and submit fake electors for the loser!
6. CHECKMATE! ...Democracy officially over! ...And democracy will be over in practice on Inauguration Day 2025, never to be regained, because unlimited gerrymandering as well as fake electors will also have been made perfectly legal, in ALL the Republican states that sent electors for the loser declared winner! They can gerrymander to the extreme until eternity, so permanent Republican minority rule will be set in stone!