2016 Postmortem

Lurks Often

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10. Arguably 3 things, none of which I expect to happen

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 05:02 PM

Dec 2016

1. The Electoral College chooses not to give 270 EC votes to Trump; the EC will NOT give Clinton or any other democrat 270 EC votes.

2. If no candidate gets 270 EC votes, the House of Representatives votes on who the President will be and the Senate votes on who the VP will be. Since the Republicans control both chambers of Congress, they will NOT give Clinton or any other democrat the White House.

3. After Trump is sworn in, Congress can vote to impeach and convict Trump (and Pence) in which case Paul Ryan becomes President, however it is very likely that there would need to be ABSOLUTE proof that Trump knew the Russians were intervening in the election on his behalf.

Bottom line, whatever happens there will be a Republican in the White House on January 20, 2017, anything else will almost certainly result in violent civil war.

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A question for lawyers and Constitutional experts on DU. [View all] potone Dec 2016 OP

There is little under the law Uponthegears Dec 2016 #1

Reference please nt sarisataka Dec 2016 #2

Article I Section 8 of the Constitution Uponthegears Dec 2016 #6

That is not suspension of law, sarisataka Dec 2016 #7

I cannot blame you, but Uponthegears Dec 2016 #8

The Supreme Court on martial law: onenote Dec 2016 #11

Jeez, you made me have to go to my desktop Uponthegears Dec 2016 #13

Article I, Section 8: onenote Dec 2016 #14

OMG, good point (And I mean more than just the 8/9 typo)!!!! Uponthegears Dec 2016 #16

There is no legal remedy Jersey Devil Dec 2016 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #15

The Constitution is pretty clear on the matter. Kotya Dec 2016 #4

If you want to bring up The Constitution, you should at least mention... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #9

Something you can do is call all of your "favorite" congressmen & pose that question to THEM mtnsnake Dec 2016 #5

Arguably 3 things, none of which I expect to happen Lurks Often Dec 2016 #10

Trump electors don't believe it. jalan48 Dec 2016 #12