To be fair and just: We need a do over of the presidential election. eom.

[In_The_Wind]

[putitinD]

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

[Takket]

2. there is no legal recourse to do anything now

The Founding Fathers and hence the Constitution never could have forseen something like this, but now that it has happened, our lawmakers need to get to work on making sure this never happens again.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

8. would you be specific in this explanation, with references? thanks.

[MFM008]

9. work it out

like my dad used to tell me. Look it up.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

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

[longship]

12. Read the US Constitution.

Nowhere in it is instructions for a do-over election.

There's your citation.

[Takket]

14. See post #12

[zipplewrath]

24. Only a few ways to remove a president

There is no way, at this point, to prevent him from taking office. After he takes office, the constitutional ways to remove him are few and all require the support, the MAJORITY support of his party and/or his cabinet. And in ANY of the cases, there is no mechanism for any new election. There is a long line of succession and NONE of it results in Hillary or ANY democrat being president.

[ElementaryPenguin]

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

The Justice Department - this can be blocked if the Supreme Court says so. A. Kennedy is probably not a big fan of Putin or Trump.

[zipplewrath]

31. On what grounds?

I'm curious what grounds the SC would use to "block" the inauguration of a president. I'm speaking specifically of the text in the constitution that allows them to do this.

[Hekate]

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

....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.

[zipplewrath]

35. Where in the Constitution

There is no mechanism for preventing an inauguration after the EC has voted and the congress has accepted. The SC has no authority to do that. He can take the oath of office from jail if necessary. The SC has no authority to address competency, only the cabinet can do that, and only AFTER he has taken the oath of office. Only congress can act at this point and it would be extraordinary if they did, and even they can't stop him from taking the oath.

[TDale313]

3. There really is no mechanism for that.

Sad to say, but true.

[In_The_Wind]

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

[kairos12]

22. No we're stuck watching

A Day in the Life of Ivandumassovitch.

[In_The_Wind]

23. I hope to live long enough to see the end of this travesty.

[EL34x4]

13. Well, there is a mechanism, every four years.

Of course, this would also entail a do-over of the primaries which some may be less than enthusiastic about.

[Hekate]

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

....for not showing up in the midterms, while the GOPee always puts some red meat on the ballot to bring their people to the polls.

So go to it, Democrats. 2018 is practically around the corner. What are our red meat issues that we should be putting on the ballot so our lazy voters will show up?

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. Not my president...never my president.

[In_The_Wind]

6. Hear, hear.

[CrispyQ]

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

Maybe we wouldn't be in this mess if they hadn't always played nice.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

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

[In_The_Wind]

15. I agree with you.

[zipplewrath]

25. Who has the authority?

There is no one with the authority to declare that, much less force it to happen.

[sheshe2]

11. the sad part is...

many will die, slowly and painfully with out our safety nets.

[In_The_Wind]

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

Paying into Social Security since I was 14 is starting to look more and more like a Madoff Ponzie scheme.

[sheshe2]

18. I went on SS last month.

Have used ACA since July. I can't apply for Medicare until later this year. Yup, they just want us to die.

[Aristus]

16. Amen to that!

[libtodeath]

19. The 65 million that voted for Hillary should be demanding it.

I dont give a fuck about "mechanisms" the vast majority would support it.

[In_The_Wind]

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

[zipplewrath]

26. No, they don't

A majority of people that voted for Hillary wouldn't support such a thing. I can guarantee that a majority of the population does not.

[Amishman]

29. Most of the 62 million who voted Trump would oppose it

Invalidating the election (no matter what the reasoning) would cause a civil war

[jzodda]

21. Wouldn't that be great

Unfortunately the electors are done and congress has certified the results. There is no stopping this train any longer.

If you think the Republicans in Congress are goin to turn on Trump, at least in the short time, it's just not going to happen.

Once he becomes President we on the left Wil be in the most powerless position in my entire life. Both at the federal, state and soon to be Supreme Court.

We must build from the ground up.

[Orsino]

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

Black-box voting, black-box campaign financing and black-box MSM complicity did us in.

[In_The_Wind]

28. Our own DUer, Andy Stepheson, tried to warn us.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x501786

[LeftInTX]

34. We need back-in-time machine!

And a see-into-the-future machine