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  • As the saying goes, "no gentleman was dressed without his sword"

  • Minor correction: Trump won with less than half of registered voters, which is only 30% of eligible voters (over 18)

    2024 election results as of Jan 15, 2025 (AP News)

    77,303,573 votes (49.9%) - Trump : 23% of pop, 30% of eligible (18+), 45% of reg *

    75,019,257 votes (48.4%) - Harris : 22% of pop, 29% of eligible (18+), 44% of reg *

    337,375,114 - US Population as of Nov 6, 2024 (Census.gov)

    *note the number of registered voters is not as easy to determine as the number that voted

  • Executive Orders are not Law. The President cannot make Law only the Congress makes Law. The President must "faithfully execute" the Law.

    Article I, Section 4, Clause 1:

    The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

  • "What is wrong with being a peacemaker?" When the bully punches you dont ask him what he wants just punch him back you pussy.

  • There's a reason the milk man used to deliver every day

  • but then you wouldn't know that Edge runs perfectly well on Linux too lol I use Edge every day on Linux without issue but only for work related stuff

  • You are 100% correct to worry about this, of course. That said, I don't see something more than 3.6M people (half the registered voters of Michigan to just pick that one state as an example) seeing themselves disenfranchised like in your scenario being silent about it and calmly waiting for the courts. I guess I'm saying the perpetrators of such a scheme would have more to worry about than just losing a court case.

    On a side note, its interesting that in Michigan it appears that as of today 41% of registered voters have already voted.https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections/election-results-and-data/voter-participation-dashboard

  • Yes, good points. I posted the comment originally because it is alarming.

  • It would be worth looking into which states have wording in their Constitutions that include "shall certify" which would make the stalling tactic a crime.

    Also, anyone who voted in a state whose electors were not sent on time would have a valid civil rights case against that state's officials and they would all have standing because they were personally harmed. The number of potential lawsuits would be overwhelming and perhaps ruinous to anyone found guilty. Not sure that fear of that would be enough to stop them, but also they have to worry about losing their next election (though if it worked they might hope to be rewarded by the winning administration).

  • Thanks bot. Its a post by Robert Reich on his substack. Maybe not a "news outlet" but direct from someone who is constantly interviewed and in the news. His CV is rather lengthy so I will just link to a wikipedia article about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reich

  • politics @lemmy.world

    What Bezos and Musk really want from Trump

    robertreich.substack.com /p/what-bezos-and-musk-want-from-trump
  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Feds Say You Don’t Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books

    gizmodo.com /feds-say-you-dont-have-a-right-to-check-out-retro-video-games-like-library-books-2000516767
  • Article didn't link to the website they set up but yup, pretty much checks out https://progress2028.com/ for those that didn't read the article, none of these are actual Harris policies.

  • Weirdo to join Weird party. News at 11.