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SCOTUS Vacancy
| October 28th, 2020 at 9:34:35 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4963 |
It is up to the politicians to make policy and the Supreme Court to uphold the law. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| October 28th, 2020 at 11:23:17 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
Too me A religious nut is taking religion over science. god will not protect you from the virus. A religious nut is insisting an atheist follow religious laws such as banning abortion or gay marriage. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| October 28th, 2020 at 11:25:43 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
It's up to politicians to make the law and the supreme court to decide if the passed law is or is not constitutional. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| October 28th, 2020 at 11:47:14 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | States have various laws that have been on the books and in force for years regarding when mail-in ballots must be received in order to be counted, and when the counting needs to be completed and the election certified. Will the supreme court overturn some of those laws? "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| October 28th, 2020 at 12:32:02 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
Have any appeals to SCOTUS been made? The President is a fink. |
| October 28th, 2020 at 1:48:27 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
Yes, at some point a federal judge said wisconsin can accept absentee ballots for some time after election day. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/10/27/opinions/kavanaugh-friendly-message-trump-opinion-honig/index.html I don't know what the law in wisconsin says, but Kavanaugh said, in his justification for reversing that order, "If the apparent winner the morning after the election ends up losing due to late-arriving ballots, charges of a rigged election could explode." And “Those States want to avoid the chaos and suspicions of impropriety that can ensue if thousands of absentee ballots flow in after election day and potentially flip the results of an election. And those States also want to be able to definitively announce the results of the election on election night, or as soon as possible thereafter,” He didn't say "state election law states that the ballot must be received by election day and it isn't the place of the court to change that" which to me would be a perfectly valid justification for overturning the federal judge. No, he gave a couple of reasons why accepting ballots after election day shouldn't be allowed, giving no consideration to the laws of the state in question. Also, whether or not an appeal has been made is irrelevant when considering whether or not one will be made at some time during the upcoming election. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| October 28th, 2020 at 1:51:19 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Trump also wants the courts to ban counting of ballots after election day. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8890165/Donald-Trump-says-hopes-courts-ban-counting-votes-arriving-November-3.html Again, disregarding whatever laws the various states have in place. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| October 28th, 2020 at 1:53:29 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Erie county, in Pennsylvania, isn't planning on starting to count absentee ballots until 11pm on election day https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/28/politics/early-voting-ballot-count-pennsylvania-2020/index.html "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| October 28th, 2020 at 1:58:47 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
It is a good idea. I am in favor of if they do not get there, not postmarked but GET THERE, by election day they go in the trash. The President is a fink. |
| October 28th, 2020 at 2:00:02 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 |
If the law allowed for accepting after election day, a bad idea, then there would not have been a lawsuit and a lower court ruling. The President is a fink. |