Hypothetical question regarding Supreme Court and stolen elections.

driver8

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Thu Apr-06-06 08:54 PM
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Hypothetical question regarding Supreme Court and stolen elections.

Let us say, hypothetically, that evidence shows that Kerry actually won Ohio and the election. Since Bush would not be the "legitimate" president, should he be allowed to select judges for appointment to the Supreme Court? If not, once a Supreme Court judge has been sworn in, can he/she be removed?

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BattyDem

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Thu Apr-06-06 08:59 PM
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1. I've been thinking about that for quite a while now.

I honestly believe that if fraud is ever proven, every law * signed should be revoked and every judge * appointed should be dismissed. He had no right to make laws or appoint judges if he wasn't the "true" president! JMHO

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C_U_L8R

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:00 PM
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2. Interesting to ponder....

if it could be proved ... then nothing Bush signed would be legitimate.

Oh I'd love to see the poor freepers faces drop if that came down.
Hilarious.

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mirandapriestly

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:01 PM
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3. That's what I wonder .

The problem is getting to the point where hearings can be held to determine whether the election(s) were illegitimate. The GOP is going to make damn sure that doesn't happen and it won't until until we get some dems with backbone in there. Which, of course, is going to be difficult if the voting machines stay. Sort of a rock and a hard place...

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BeFree

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:10 PM
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5. Difficult?

Downright impossible.

The stolen election is the calling card to impeachment. We have evidence it was stolen, in fact, all the evidence except that produced by the Ohio flim-flam recounts (see threads on the board), and the other state's machine produced numbers, tells us that it was stolen.

America has no confidence in the election process; every law and resolution passed since at least 2000 is illegal. Don't get over it. Fight for your democracy by making sure we have a democracy and not some big banana republic.

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jarnocan

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:24 PM
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8. Agreed..

but none of it seems to matter. The truth does not count with most politicians at all, and relatively few people. Bush has done so many awful and illegal things that people can not focus on or comprehend what is going on. It is all just whining and uncool to them.

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BeFree

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:37 PM
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10. Whining and uncool

Yeah, gotta be cool, eh?

By gawd, I'd like to hear someone say I'm whining. They'd see how uncool it was to say that!

Too, it's a matter of trust: if you can't trust the elemental basis of democracy - the vote - then you can't trust anything the government does. Folks just gotta trust the government was really elected.

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jarnocan

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:04 PM
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4. mind boggling

He has never won a (legit) presidential election, yet had done so much harm. I can't stand thinking how most people in our government seem content to just let our democracy be destroyed, at the same time our soldiers are dying, supposedly to preserve our freedom and safety. BU**SH***!
If they finally get around to impeaching him, will more of these truths be documented and accepted, I wonder?

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Igel

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:11 PM
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6. Electoral college.

The state certified the OH electors; they went, their ballots were cast and certified.

I'm not sure what happens if you claim the OH electors were fraudulently chosen. That's a state-internal matter. Probably nothing happens, unless it could be shown that the BOEs were involved (in which case they get prosecuted) or the SoS (in which case he gets prosecuted). I think the prez position's insulated the layer of legal gunk at the state level.

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stepnw1f

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:12 PM
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7. We Should Demand a Full Investigation

and then place Kerry rightfully into the White House where he belongs.

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Fozzledick

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Thu Apr-06-06 09:25 PM
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9. Fruit of a poisoned tree

Any product of a criminal fraud is itself illegitimate.

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