Supreme Court Shuts Door on Future Fake Electors

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Supreme Court Shuts Door on Future Fake Electors

June 27, 2023 at 8:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 16 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/06/27/supreme-court-shuts-door-on-future-fake-electors/

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“The Supreme Court’s rejection of a controversial election theory may also have another huge political consequence for future presidential contests: It obliterated the dubious fake elector scheme that Donald Trump deployed in his failed attempt to seize a second term,” Politico reports.

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[Frasier Balzov]

1. I'm glad to see them soften Bush v. Gore a little.

The majority opinion in Bush v. Gore makes the troubling assertion that state legislatures can reclaim for themselves at any time the power to name Presidential electors even if it contravenes the popular vote.

While not expressly disavowing that assertion, here they at least acknowledge the appropriateness of review by state courts over the manner in which legislatures conduct federal elections.

[applegrove]

2. +1

[SouthernDem4ever]

4. And if I am remembering this correctly,,,

didn't they say that ruling applied only to THAT election? What a bunch of weasels - especially Sandra Day O'Connor. She really F'd her reputation at the last minute.

[kentuck]

3. It had to be a deflating decision for Trump and the MAGA Republicans.

Their plan was to steal 6 or 8 states via their state legislatures. But, the Court has shot that balloon from the sky.