2016 Postmortem

Hekate

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32. Indictment (foreign entanglements, emoluments, foreign agent). Or lack of fitness (mental health...

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 04:54 PM

Jan 2017

....deranged behavior, necessity of an exam at Walter Reed). Necessity to examine all these things and delay the swearing-in, so neither Trump nor Pence would be president until it was concluded.

Hubby and I ended up talking about this at like 3am to 4am this morning, sitting up in bed in the dark. He is convinced that SCOTUS could take this on IF (and only if) someone with standing brings a case to them. They cannot act unless someone brings them something. Their precedent for interfering in a presidential election is that they already did that once. Granted, the circumstances were different, but they DID step in.

I wonder if anyone at all in DC is working on this. I wonder if anyone at all has the balls to proceed.

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To be fair and just: We need a do over of the presidential election. eom. [View all] In_The_Wind Jan 2017 OP

NO, we need to disqualify Trump, and give the Presidency to Hillary since she won by 3Million votes putitinD Jan 2017 #1

there is no legal recourse to do anything now Takket Jan 2017 #2

would you be specific in this explanation, with references? thanks. AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2017 #8

work it out MFM008 Jan 2017 #9

One should be able to back up their assertion. Simple request for clarification. nt AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2017 #10

Read the US Constitution. longship Jan 2017 #12

See post #12 Takket Jan 2017 #14

Only a few ways to remove a president zipplewrath Jan 2017 #24

Trump is not President yet. He can be charged and disqualified right now. The Supremes, ElementaryPenguin Jan 2017 #30

On what grounds? zipplewrath Jan 2017 #31

Indictment (foreign entanglements, emoluments, foreign agent). Or lack of fitness (mental health... Hekate Jan 2017 #32

Where in the Constitution zipplewrath Jan 2017 #35

There really is no mechanism for that. TDale313 Jan 2017 #3

I am aware of that but this will go down in history as The Stolen Election. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #4

No we're stuck watching kairos12 Jan 2017 #22

I hope to live long enough to see the end of this travesty. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #23

Well, there is a mechanism, every four years. EL34x4 Jan 2017 #13

There's a mechanism to change the House every 2 years, plus 1/3 of the Senate. Dems are notorious... Hekate Jan 2017 #33

Not my president...never my president. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #5

Hear, hear. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #6

Too bad the dems haven't been following that advice for the past 35 years. CrispyQ Jan 2017 #36

It was neither free nor fair - that should nullify it. U.S. elections are to be free & fair. nt AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2017 #7

I agree with you. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #15

Who has the authority? zipplewrath Jan 2017 #25

the sad part is... sheshe2 Jan 2017 #11

It's true, Trump may kill us poor old folks if he takes away our medical care. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #17

I went on SS last month. sheshe2 Jan 2017 #18

Amen to that! Aristus Jan 2017 #16

The 65 million that voted for Hillary should be demanding it. libtodeath Jan 2017 #19

I don't care how many weeks it takes to set up a new election. Keep Obama in office until it's done. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #20

No, they don't zipplewrath Jan 2017 #26

Most of the 62 million who voted Trump would oppose it Amishman Jan 2017 #29

Wouldn't that be great jzodda Jan 2017 #21

To have been fair and just, we should have secured our election process long ago. Orsino Jan 2017 #27

Our own DUer, Andy Stepheson, tried to warn us. In_The_Wind Jan 2017 #28

We need back-in-time machine! LeftInTX Jan 2017 #34