2016 Postmortem

At precisely noon on January 20th, 2017, Donald J. Trump will affirm the Oath of Office and assume the position of President of the United States. This transfer of power will take place with the simple movement of a hand on a clock. No inaugural ceremony is necessary.

At this exact time, President Barack H. Obama will cease being the President of the United States.

It is in the Constitution.

There is no Constitutional procedure to overturn an election.

Perhaps President Obama can stand in front of the White House doors, blocking the entrance and refusing to hand over the keys but this would look silly and childish.

Once Trump becomes President, there are mechanisms in place to remove him from office.

Again, it's all in the Constitution.

As a practical matter, what can we do is to demand our elected representatives investigate any illegalities that transpired and prosecute those that are found and if they won't do this, we elect those who will.