2016 Postmortem

longship

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6. Read your damned US Constitution!

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 03:34 PM

Jan 2017

How does one annul a presidential election?

There are two ways.

1. Impeachment in the US House of Representatives followed by conviction by 2/3 majority in the US Senate presided by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

2. The President being found incapacitated or otherwise incapable of serving in office by a majority of executive department officers (his cabinet). This is per the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution.

That's it. Either way, if it succeeds we'd get President Pence.

The election was certified by both the electoral college and the US Senate. Claiming the election was bogus is therefore a non-operative claim.

Sorry. There are no presidential election do-overs under our constitution.

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The election was bogus and should be annulled. [View all] randr Jan 2017 OP

I don't think there is a mechanism to achieve that, madaboutharry Jan 2017 #1

Putting traitors in jail would do just that uponit7771 Jan 2017 #44

This is what bothers me most about this whole mess. Laurian Jan 2017 #2

Agreed BadgerMom Jan 2017 #4

I agree with you 100%. hamsterjill Jan 2017 #12

+1, we're more informed than the MoC !!!! uponit7771 Jan 2017 #45

No Doubt colsohlibgal Jan 2017 #3

I agree and 2naSalit Jan 2017 #5

Read your damned US Constitution! longship Jan 2017 #6

What does the constitution say about Control-Z Jan 2017 #8

There was an actual legal claim based on actual Constitutional provisions before them onenote Jan 2017 #9

And it pisses me off that no Democrat has filed a case randr Jan 2017 #14

I can't believe that if enough people demanded it Control-Z Jan 2017 #16

Someone should start an on-line petition. EL34x4 Jan 2017 #31

are you pissed at yourself? onenote Jan 2017 #23

Not one word. nt longship Jan 2017 #13

Why do people keep writing stupid stuff like this? DaleFromWPB Jan 2017 #7

Because magical thinking is so much easier onenote Jan 2017 #10

simmer down newbie MFM008 Jan 2017 #11

Well I for one wish Obama would triron Jan 2017 #15

If he did, he would be impeached. Correctly. Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #18

He could order the Congress dissolved and Yupster Jan 2017 #33

By good I guess you mean sarisataka Jan 2017 #35

He could try zipplewrath Jan 2017 #47

what do you think "martial law" is? onenote Jan 2017 #19

At least they didn't say Marshall Law? Ace Rothstein Jan 2017 #43

Agreed MFM008 Jan 2017 #21

What a rethuglican idea. Splendid. Let's become that which we profess to hate... dionysus Jan 2017 #25

To ask this president to become a tyrant is just ... odd. Not Democratic. Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #37

I agree, but there's no way to do it. Vinca Jan 2017 #17

the only way this happens is if we demand new elections in the streets. Takket Jan 2017 #20

and how do you think that's going to result in new elections? onenote Jan 2017 #22

Look at Egypt Takket Jan 2017 #30

Obama needs to declare martial law for starters triron Jan 2017 #24

Yes, let Obama make himself a clown just as he is aboit to leave office dionysus Jan 2017 #26

Why do you want the first African American president to fix the stupidity and evil underthematrix Jan 2017 #27

Thank you. You expressed my gut reaction over all these types of demands. Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #38

And thank you back underthematrix Jan 2017 #40

No one would respond to him if he did, he would be ignored if he tried something so silly, and then braddy Jan 2017 #28

What a stupid, unconstitutional idea! For starters! longship Jan 2017 #29

Yeah melman Jan 2017 #32

This would make an interesting alternative history novel Yupster Jan 2017 #34

The only way to save the country sarisataka Jan 2017 #36

Oh yes - THAT would go over big! Just like asses who watch Fox news for 8 years have said... jmg257 Jan 2017 #48

We'd need to shut the country down flamingdem Jan 2017 #39

Best chance is to stop spending if only for a few days. randr Jan 2017 #41

It was a Putin Stealth Voter Bomber Attack and it worked. We are stucksky. kairos12 Jan 2017 #42

knr triron Jan 2017 #46