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GoreWon2000

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13. "States rights" did not hold in Florida 2000

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #12)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 05:33 PM

Nov 9

The Florida Supreme Court followed Florida election law to the letter and ordered that the uncounted votes be counted. That's when W went running to the repug controlled SCOTUS. The SCOTUS invented an authority with their judicial coup d'état that the U.S. constitution did not give the SCOTUS in order to stop the legal Florida vote count. The authority to settle a disputed Presidential election is given to the U.S. House of Representatives. Both Jeb and Harris violated Florida election law at every turn in order to thwart the will of the people of Florida and they should've been prosecuted for it. I know this because 15 of my 24 years working on dem election campaigns were spent in Florida.

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Laurence Tribe: It's not over. The resistance is about to ignite [View all] Quixote1818 Nov 9 OP

Sounds somewhat hopeful but I don't know. StarryNite Nov 9 #1

Listen to my Constitutional Law "grandfather" demodonkey Nov 9 #2

If "states rights" had held in 2000 GoreWon2000 Nov 9 #4

"If "states rights" had held in 2000 BumRushDaShow Nov 9 #12

"States rights" did not hold in Florida 2000 GoreWon2000 Nov 9 #13

Oh I know BumRushDaShow Nov 9 #17

It still took the Rehnquist 5 to stop the Florida 2000 vote count GoreWon2000 Nov 9 #18

I actually listened to and recorded the SCOTUS oral arguments on my VCR when they broadcast them BumRushDaShow Nov 9 #19

I spent 15 years in Florida GoreWon2000 Nov 10 #23

Well I can tell BumRushDaShow Nov 10 #24

The hanging chad a repug media creation GoreWon2000 Nov 11 #25

"The punch card voting machines... had not been cleaned out" BumRushDaShow Nov 11 #27

It was a violation of the law to not clean out the punch card voting machines GoreWon2000 Nov 11 #29

How much power does constitutional law have wnylib Nov 9 #15

See... I like this kind of TALK & Action! TY Cha Nov 9 #3

Yes, action, direct action, indirect action, passive action, every kind of action. Magoo48 Nov 9 #6

For 24 hours I was numb... brakester Nov 9 #5

I totally agree! So many issues about this election have emerged detailing massive malfeasance BComplex Nov 9 #14

Same here. Nt Quixote1818 Nov 10 #21

Should have ignited in Nov 5th. nt angrychair Nov 9 #7

Best response in the thread. Efilroft Sul Nov 10 #22

That was good to hear KS Toronado Nov 9 #8

All fine and good johnnyfins Nov 9 #9

He's not president yet..Joe Biden is now kimbutgar Nov 9 #10

he has immunity NJCher Nov 9 #11

+1, Trump is entering government this time with more power than Hitler did when he became chancellor, people don't see uponit7771 Nov 9 #16

Thanks for posting!!! ailsagirl Nov 9 #20

Sorry but I'm not holding my breath but pipedreams do make us feel better. nt yaesu Nov 11 #26

There was a lot of talk like this in 2016. I'll believe it when I see it. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 11 #28