Would Vice President Kamala Harris Have a Constitutional Duty to Discount Any Electoral Votes for Donald Trump?
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ElwoodBlues · M
MAGA morons think Pence could have overturned the election ...
So Harris can in '24?
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So Harris can in '24?

Discount electoral votes? You mean like at a Target? You're comparing the Vice President to a retail store? Does Kamala Harris even give discounts? Half price off discounts? Buy two get one free? That kind of thing? 🤣
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays
I think you need a dictionary.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discount
dis-count (verb)
a: to leave out of account or consideration : disregard
discount the possibility that the situation may worsen
its effect cannot be entirely discounted
b: to minimize the importance of
shouldn't discount his contributions
c(1): to make allowance (see allowance entry 1 sense 2) for bias or exaggeration in
discount most of their claims
(2): to view with doubt
discount a rumor
I think you need a dictionary.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discount
dis-count (verb)
a: to leave out of account or consideration : disregard
discount the possibility that the situation may worsen
its effect cannot be entirely discounted
b: to minimize the importance of
shouldn't discount his contributions
c(1): to make allowance (see allowance entry 1 sense 2) for bias or exaggeration in
discount most of their claims
(2): to view with doubt
discount a rumor
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Ms Romero has sadly gone off the deep end once again 😳
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Harris 😂🤣😂
LordShadowfire · M
You make a compelling argument. I'm going with yes.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@LordShadowfire
Keep in mind that I did NOT say I believe Harris has that authority.
I instead agree that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is "self-enforcing."
That would mean that Trump SHOULD not be allowed to be sworn into federal office ever again. He cannot take the presidential oath of office. And even if he said it to himself it wouldn't be legal.
Once the Fourteenth Amendment applies to Trump, him saying the oath aloud would have no more force of U.S. law than Vladimir Putin saying it aloud.
Congress would have the power to reject ALL cabinet appointments Trump may announce and the Vice President (the one sworn in) would have the power to "remove" self-authority by siding with a majority of the cabinet (these would be acting secretaries left over from the Biden administration).
I do not say this in jest. While I believe Trump will lose his bid to be elected, in the even he WAS elected, it is possible that between election day and inaugural day he could find himself convicted in the George election case.
While as president, Trump might be able to block ongoing federal cases against him in 2025, Trump has no power to block a state judicual proceeding against him and he could find himself convicted in that case even AFTER he is sworn in as president. Oh, sure, he could appeal - and when he loses on appeal, impeachment AND conviction is all but certain. Unless his vice president invokes the 25th Amendment before that.
Keep in mind that I did NOT say I believe Harris has that authority.
I instead agree that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is "self-enforcing."
That would mean that Trump SHOULD not be allowed to be sworn into federal office ever again. He cannot take the presidential oath of office. And even if he said it to himself it wouldn't be legal.
Once the Fourteenth Amendment applies to Trump, him saying the oath aloud would have no more force of U.S. law than Vladimir Putin saying it aloud.
Congress would have the power to reject ALL cabinet appointments Trump may announce and the Vice President (the one sworn in) would have the power to "remove" self-authority by siding with a majority of the cabinet (these would be acting secretaries left over from the Biden administration).
I do not say this in jest. While I believe Trump will lose his bid to be elected, in the even he WAS elected, it is possible that between election day and inaugural day he could find himself convicted in the George election case.
While as president, Trump might be able to block ongoing federal cases against him in 2025, Trump has no power to block a state judicual proceeding against him and he could find himself convicted in that case even AFTER he is sworn in as president. Oh, sure, he could appeal - and when he loses on appeal, impeachment AND conviction is all but certain. Unless his vice president invokes the 25th Amendment before that.
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