Big shoutout to everybody who hyped up the phantom threat of voter fraud to justify ID laws over the past two decades, laying the groundwork for a sitting president to consider postponing the election over phony concerns about its integrity.
I don’t think all Trump’s lunacies reflect long-standing pathologies within the Republican Party, but his obsession with nonexistent voter fraud does. The GOP spent decades convincing their base that voter fraud is rampant, giving Trump the tools to reject an election’s outcome.
November 2, 2020.
Trump purports to postpone the next day’s election, leading blue states to file an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court.
Brett Kavanaugh immediately circulates a memo urging his colleagues to dismiss the case as a non-justiciable political question.
Trump purports to postpone the next day’s election, leading blue states to file an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court.
Brett Kavanaugh immediately circulates a memo urging his colleagues to dismiss the case as a non-justiciable political question.
And no, Trump cannot delay the election. He CAN demand a delay and, when that fails, reject the results’ legitimacy.
Imagine it comes down to MI, PA, and WI—and while none of these states has finished counting mail-in ballots by Nov. 4, Trump has a small lead in each ...
Imagine it comes down to MI, PA, and WI—and while none of these states has finished counting mail-in ballots by Nov. 4, Trump has a small lead in each ...
I expect the GOP-controlled legislatures in MI, PA, and WI to declare Trump the winner and assign their electoral votes to him. Will that work? IDK. But it’s the kind of nightmare scenario we should contemplate.
You really need to read @rickhasen’s book. amazon.com/Election-Meltd…
You really need to read @rickhasen’s book. amazon.com/Election-Meltd…
