Category Archives: electoral college

“Some Republicans plan to challenge Biden’s Electoral College victory. Here’s what happened when Democrats challenged Bush”

December 27, 2020, 12:55 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

CNN: When Congress met to tally the results of the 2004 presidential election, then-Sen. Barbara Boxer stood alone on the Senate floor to object to President George W. Bush’s reelection victory in Ohio over Democrat John Kerry, forcing the House… Continue reading

“Frustrated Trump met with Pence before holiday break”

December 24, 2020, 5:05 pmchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

CNN: Hours before President Donald Trump retweeted a message for his vice president to “act” in stopping the ratification of the Electoral College, he met for more than an hour in the Oval Office with Mike Pence, whom he has… Continue reading

Must-Read Ned Foley: “It’s time for Mike Pence to choose: Trump, or the truth”

December 23, 2020, 9:41 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

WaPo oped: Mike Pence’s conduct on Jan. 6 matters.Not to the outcome of the presidential election, but to the process of its resolution. The vice president can either facilitate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, or he can resist it. Which he… Continue reading

“POLITICO Playbook PM: Deep dive: Electoral College on the Hill”

December 22, 2020, 11:04 amelectoral college, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

Interesting stuff on the VP here: THE VP TYPICALLY presides over the certification in his role as the president of the Senate. JONATHAN SWAN from Axios had an excellent report this morning about how President DONALD TRUMP is turning on everyone, and… Continue reading

“House conservatives strategize with Trump and Pence in push to challenge Biden’s win”

December 21, 2020, 5:47 pmchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks and fellow House conservatives met privately on Monday with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence as the lawmakers prepared to mount a long-shot bid in January to overturn the Electoral College… Continue reading

Derek Muller Lays Out THE Conservative Case Against Texas’s Bizarre Suit to Steal the Election for Trump at the Supreme Court

December 21, 2020, 1:51 pmchicanery, Election Meltdown, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Derek at Law & Liberty: The Electoral College is a designedly decentralized process for the selection of the President of the United States. Each State may choose its presidential electors in the manner that the legislature deems appropriate.The State of… Continue reading

“Despite what Court briefs say, no state legislature has appointed–or ‘endorsed’–a rival slate of presidential electors”

December 20, 2020, 1:02 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Derek Muller with the fact check.

Trump Campaign Files Ridiculous New Expedited Cert Petition, Seeking Supreme Court Order to Overturn PA Election Results, Relying on Fake Electors for Trump from PA as Reported by the Epoch Times

December 20, 2020, 12:03 pmchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

John Eastman should be ashamed of this petition for cert and motion to expedite. I won’t go through all of the ridiculous things here, but this is an attempt to challenge PA Supreme Court cases in October and mid-November.… Continue reading

Brook Thomas: “Rule by Law Under a Flawed System to Elect a President”

December 20, 2020, 9:28 amElection Meltdown, electoral collegeRick Hasen

In the Dec 18, 2020, New Yorker, Steve Coll notes that the outdated 1887 Law of Electoral Count enables Trump’s allies to create more havoc when the joint session of Congress meets January 6, 2021, for the official count of… Continue reading

Watch Ned Foley at the Robert H. Jackson Center Talking About Our Most Recent Election and the Electoral College

December 17, 2020, 5:22 pmElection Meltdown, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Archived video.

“Trump’s Last Gasp Will Fail”

December 16, 2020, 9:20 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Jerry Goldfeder NYDN oped: Biden shouldn’t worry. Even if Trump supporters can get the required members of Congress to sign on to such objections, and the safe harbor protections are ignored, these protests will still not change the outcome.That’s… Continue reading

“Defying Trump, McConnell Seeks to Squelch Bid to Overturn the Election”

December 16, 2020, 7:15 amelectoral college, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Breaking with President Trump’s drive to overturn his election loss, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Tuesday congratulated President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on his victory and began a campaign to keep fellow Republicans from joining a doomed last-ditch… Continue reading

“McConnell urges GOP senators not to object to Electoral College vote”

December 15, 2020, 12:51 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging Republicans not to object during Congress’s count and certification of the Electoral College vote next month.McConnell’s comments were made during a caucus call on Tuesday, according to a source familiar… Continue reading