The election was bogus and should be annulled.

[randr]

[madaboutharry]

1. I don't think there is a mechanism to achieve that,

but I agree with you.

[uponit7771]

44. Putting traitors in jail would do just that

[Laurian]

2. This is what bothers me most about this whole mess.

Nobody.......absolutely nobody in this government has stood up to this egregious assault on the very foundation of our democracy.

It's like, "Oh well, guess Trump won."

No! He didn't! I've felt strongly since election night that the election was subverted. I don't think I can ever be convinced otherwise.

[BadgerMom]

4. Agreed

I felt it that night but as usual, we were supposed to be polite. Couldn't state my strong feelings aloud. But I can't rid myself of them.

[hamsterjill]

12. I agree with you 100%.

I keep waiting...keep hoping, but it never happens.

John Lewis has voiced the concern that Trump is not a legitimate President. Well, helloooo!!!!

I don't pretend to know WTF happened on election night, but like you, I don't think I will ever be convinced that SOMETHING didn't happen.

[uponit7771]

45. +1, we're more informed than the MoC !!!!

[colsohlibgal]

3. No Doubt

So was 2000 and 2004. And more.

Why so many are so blasé about this mystifies me. It iis undercutting our democracy....and proving Joe Stalin's point that the power does not lie with the voters it lies with who counts the votes.

[2naSalit]

5. I agree and

here are my thoughts about there being no mechanism for what we face in this situation...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8464557

[longship]

6. Read your damned US Constitution!

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.

[Control-Z]

8. What does the constitution say about

the Supremes deciding who our president will be?

[onenote]

9. There was an actual legal claim based on actual Constitutional provisions before them

They got the answer wrong, but they were deciding a case that had worked its way to them through the court system. Quite a leap from that to "annulling" an election.

[randr]

14. And it pisses me off that no Democrat has filed a case

Win or lose, I know the RNC would have had a case filed if the tables were reversed.
I know there is no Constitutional solution.
I know we left the Constitution behind long ago.
It is not "magical thinking" to express what I believe to be true.
It is magical thinking to believe the system will fix itself.

[Control-Z]

16. I can't believe that if enough people demanded it

we couldn't stop this presidency. If I had more than 4 followers on Twitter I would try to get #do-over or #electiondo-over or #stoptheinauguration or something trending. Anything that would give millions a voice to try and stop this madness.

I don't want to hear one more person say it's stupid or magical thinking. Doing nothing is worse and I'm beginning to question the motives of anyone who tries to shut us up with a giant stinky lecture about what we can't do.

[EL34x4]

31. Someone should start an on-line petition.

Or a GoFundMe account.

Don't just sit there. Do something!

[onenote]

23. are you pissed at yourself?

Go file a case.

And stop complaining about people who aren't wasting time on lawsuits that will be dismissed, handing victories to Trump that he will cite in an effort to normalize his presidency in some people's minds.

[longship]

13. Not one word. nt

[DaleFromWPB]

7. Why do people keep writing stupid stuff like this?

There is no provision to annul an election
There is no mechanism for a do-over (other than waiting four years)
There is no way to disqualify a candidate
The Supreme court can order a new election
President Obama can't impose martial law to postpone the inauguration
It doesn't matter how many 'likes' you get or signatures on a petition.

There is no way to invalidate the results just because we don't like them ....
Doesn't matter what Russia did
Doesn't matter what Dir Comey did
Doesn't matter about voting irregularities
Doesn't matter what Trump said or did

Let's start organizing and getting progressive candidates on the ballot for every office in every city, county, and state!

[onenote]

10. Because magical thinking is so much easier

than doing the hard work of trying to elect people or fight legislation.

[MFM008]

11. simmer down newbie

Most of us know this already.
I wont stop any of us from saying stuff that is highly unlikely to happen.
I keep hoping they find the maggot like "fat Tony" Scalia.......
probably not going to happen but it could.
The WISHING of it isnt going to stop me from doing anything about
organizing or what you said.
Sometimes magical thinking can work.

[triron]

15. Well I for one wish Obama would

declare martial law indefinitely. Don't give a damn about repukes reaction.
The POS that was "elected" is a lying conman, clown and probably belongs in prison (treason) rather than the white house.

[Yo_Mama]

18. If he did, he would be impeached. Correctly.

Everyone, including the SC, would be against him.

And the result would be a backlash against Democrats. The voters of the US will not accept a party that won't accept the voters, period.

[Yupster]

33. He could order the Congress dissolved and

arrest anyone who doesn't disperse.

This is just one of my many good ideas.

[sarisataka]

35. By good I guess you mean

"good"

[zipplewrath]

47. He could try

No one would obey that order. They are co-equal branches. He has no authority over congress at all.

[onenote]

19. what do you think "martial law" is?

[Ace Rothstein]

43. At least they didn't say Marshall Law?

Just trying to make the best of it, I guess.

[MFM008]

21. Agreed

......

[dionysus]

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

[Yo_Mama]

37. To ask this president to become a tyrant is just ... odd. Not Democratic.

I'm wrestling with my own anger over this. I don't think these posters mean it this way, but something in my subconscious says that they are shifting the blame to President Obama. Blame that does not belong to him.

He had to be the president during this election. We did not. We could get out there, vote, contribute, canvas, etc. He had to be president.

He's the President of the United States, not some comic book superhero who unaccountably isn't heeding our cries for action. Cut the man a break.

[Vinca]

17. I agree, but there's no way to do it.

[Takket]

20. the only way this happens is if we demand new elections in the streets.

[onenote]

22. and how do you think that's going to result in new elections?

[Takket]

30. Look at Egypt

I never said it would be pretty

[triron]

24. Obama needs to declare martial law for starters

[dionysus]

26. Yes, let Obama make himself a clown just as he is aboit to leave office

[underthematrix]

27. Why do you want the first African American president to fix the stupidity and evil

of angry white America and the Russians and others inside and outside the US govt who are responsible for this coup?

I want my beloved President to do what he gotta do which is attend the coup ceremony on Jan 20th. That's it.

I'd rather suffer horribly even death rather have my precious President fix this shitstorm.

[Yo_Mama]

38. Thank you. You expressed my gut reaction over all these types of demands.

We voters had one job to do. We fucked it up, collectively.

The President of the United States has had HIS job to do. He's done it and is doing it.

[underthematrix]

40. And thank you back

I'm done with the madness too.

[braddy]

28. No one would respond to him if he did, he would be ignored if he tried something so silly, and then

a few days later the inauguration would take place anyway.

[longship]

29. What a stupid, unconstitutional idea! For starters!

I have an idea!!!!! Let's plunge the USA into a likely civil war!!!!!

[melman]

32. Yeah

You might want to tone it down here. Getting pretty obvious.

[Yupster]

34. This would make an interesting alternative history novel

I wonder how it would end up?

Civil War?
Obama arrested?
A military coup?

[sarisataka]

36. The only way to save the country

and Constitution is to destroy them and create a dictatorship...

No thanks.

[jmg257]

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

President Obama just declares the military take over.

"Martial law is the imposition of the highest-ranking military officer as the military governor or as the head of the government, thus removing all power from the previous executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government"

Habeas corpus suspended.

Sounds fun!!

[flamingdem]

39. We'd need to shut the country down

Now we can see that it's an error not to be in a state of constant readiness

[randr]

41. Best chance is to stop spending if only for a few days.

[kairos12]

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

[triron]

46. knr