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The first hearing, held by the Pennsylvania State Senate, will be conducted tomorrow, Wednesday, November 25th, in Gettysburg, PA, where each participating Senator will give a five-minute opening statement followed by testimony from witnesses who have filed affidavits attesting to 2020 election fraud. Tomorrow’s hearing will also feature a presentation from former New York City Mayor and Personal Attorney to President Trump, Rudy Giuliani.
State Legislatures have the sole authority to select their representatives to the Electoral College,
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: scraedtosleep
It's technically and legally correct. The Constitution places the onus for selecting electors on each state's legislature. Most states have passed laws that place that mechanism with the parties based on the state's popular vote results. That said, if a state legislature believes voter fraud occurred to such a degree as to swing the results of that popular vote, they are legally allowed to invalidate the results of that election and may choose electoral vote representatives to send to the Electoral College.
Doing so would create a Constitutional crisis and would almost certainly end with SCOTUS validating the "One State, One Vote" clause and each state's legislature would cast a vote for president.
originally posted by: scraedtosleep
a reply to: interupt42
"State Legislatures have the sole authority to select their representatives to the Electoral College,"
This doesn't sound right.
In pa the two parties pick their electors and then the governor will certify those picks.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: scraedtosleep
It's technically and legally correct. The Constitution places the onus for selecting electors on each state's legislature. Most states have passed laws that place that mechanism with the parties based on the state's popular vote results. That said, if a state legislature believes voter fraud occurred to such a degree as to swing the results of that popular vote, they are legally allowed to invalidate the results of that election and may choose electoral vote representatives to send to the Electoral College.
Doing so would create a Constitutional crisis
and would almost certainly end with SCOTUS validating the "One State, One Vote" clause and each state's legislature would cast a vote for president.
originally posted by: tanstaafl
except in the minds of those with TDS.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: tanstaafl
except in the minds of those with TDS.
Wait, I have TDS now?
A Constitutional crisis simply means the SCOTUS will have to blaze a trail and interpret the path forward, which is what would happen if we had states invalidate the election results due to perceived fraud.
However, neither House Speaker Rusty Bowers nor his fellow Republican, Senate President Karen Fann, has authorized such a hearing. And without their permission, any meeting of lawmakers is just people coming together with no real power.
There were discussions about having Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, testify, state House Oversight Committee Chairman Matt Hall, R-Marshall, told The Detroit News. "We’ve just determined that logistically it’s not something we’re going to be able to do," said Hall, adding that the Trump campaign has been invited to submit written testimony.