irrigate to themselves!?As he fades into obscurity.
Eastman says Supreme Court decision makes argument ‘murkier’ in 2024
John Eastman, the lawyer who pushed a legal theory in his bid to overturn the 2020 election, said the Supreme Court’s decision in a major elections case will muddy the waters for any legal challenges that emerge from the 2024 election.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rejected a bid to give state legislatures broad authority to draw congressional maps and regulate federal elections, effectively declining to endorse the “independent state legislature” theory pushed by Eastman.
Advocates of the legal theory argue that the Elections and Electors Clauses of the U.S. Constitution give state lawmakers the authority to regulate federal elections without any checks and balances from state courts, governors, or other bodies with legislative power, including constitutional conventions or independent commissions, according to the Brennan Center For Justice.
Eastman said the Supreme Court’s decision will allow courts to weigh in as part of “their normal exercise of judicial review.”
“Chief Justice Roberts says, ‘As long as it doesn’t transgress the ordinary bounds of judicial review, such that the court irrigate to themselves the power vested in the state legislators.’
“So what does that mean?” Eastman continued. “Particularly if a state court is interpreting a fairly vague hortatory clause, like we shall have free and fair elections. Can the court just say ‘well that just means we are going to allow for absentee voting if a legislature hasn’t authorized it, because we don’t think it will be free and fair otherwise’?”
Eastman said Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissent highlights the problems that this decision is now going to cause.
“This is a litigation bonanza without a clear answer,” Eastman said.
In terms of how the Court’s decision will impact the 2024 election, Eastman said there is going to be lots of litigation.
“We’ve now engaged in what I think is commonly called law fair for these elections,” he said. “There will be lots of lawsuits brought ahead of time to alter election laws, or weaken election laws that the state legislatures put in place to protect against risk of fraud.”
In addition, Eastman said there will be changes made “that appear to have partisan advantages,” saying that is a “huge danger.”
“It is particularly the case when people are lining themselves into different modes of voting,” Eastman said. “If everybody equally distributes themselves between in-person and absentee voting for example, changing the rules doesn’t have an effect on the outcome.
“But if two-thirds of Democrats are voting absentee and two-thirds of Republicans are voting in person, if you loosen the rules on one rather than the other you benefit one of the parties.”
Eastman embraced the theory as part of his argument that former Vice President Mike Pence could have used his power to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election.
Eastman says Supreme Court decision makes argument ‘murkier’ in 2024
John Eastman, the lawyer who pushed a legal theory in his bid to overturn the 2020 election, said the Supreme Court’s decision in a major elections case will muddy the waters for any legal ch…thehill.com
“later this month” on the afternoon of the 31st!?Biden overturns Trump decision to move Space Command HQ from Colorado to Alabama
President Biden overturned a decision from the Trump administration to relocate the temporary headquarters of Space Command to Alabama, deciding instead to keep the base in Colorado.
The decision was made because Biden believes keeping the HQ in Colorado Springs, rather than relocating it to Huntsville, would maintain stability and not impact readiness, according to a senior U.S. official.
The senior administration official said Biden consulted with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other military leaders before deciding to keep the base in Colorado permanently.
Gen. James Dickinson, the head of Space Command, also helped to convince Biden to not relocate the base, according to the Associated Press.
U.S. Space Command headquarters is set to achieve “full operational capability” at Colorado Springs later this month, according to the senior administration official.
The official said moving the headquarters to Alabama would force a transition process that does not allow the new base to open until the mid-2030’s.
“The President found that risk unacceptable, especially given the challenges we may face in the space domain during this critical time period,” the official said. “Locating Headquarters U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs ensures peak readiness in the space domain for our nation during a critical period.”
Biden’s reversal is likely to spark the fury of Alabama Republicans who have for months feared the administration would scrap the relocation plan.
Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers (R), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has been investigating the delay behind the relocation plan, which was first put in motion when Space Command was resurrected in 2019.
Former President Trump’s decision to temporarily establish a headquarters in Colorado and relocate Space Command to Alabama was criticized as a political choice based upon a more favorable constituency in the Yellowhammer state.
Since coming into office, the Biden administration ordered reviews of the decision, none of which found anything improper in Trump’s decision, though they found the former president could have followed better practices in the process.
The delayed relocation reached new heights over the spring when NBC News reported the Biden administration was considering scrapping the relocation plan because of restrictive abortion laws in Alabama.
Rogers and other Alabama Republicans objected to any such plan, saying Huntsville, also known as Rocket City, was selected based on its merits and in a fair process, while pointing to the reviews that found nothing improper.
The House version of the annual defense bill that passed earlier this month includes provisions that slash funding for the Air Force Secretary until the administration makes a final decision. It’s unclear whether Rogers will be satisfied with a reversal.
Other Alabama politicians, including Gov. Kay Ivey (R), are likely to also object to the decision.
Biden overturns Trump decision to move Space Command HQ from Colorado to Alabama
President Biden overturned a decision from the Trump administration to relocate the temporary headquarters of Space Command to Alabama, deciding instead to keep the base in Colorado. The decision w…thehill.com
The really frightening thing is that the wingnut might be a less awful VP choice than his predecessor. Pence stayed out of the news by and large, so one has to look him up to see how dangerous he is. Behind the mediagenic face lies a stone-cold dominionist.Could you imagine?
Bannon says Trump-RFK Jr. ticket would win in ‘massive landslide’
Steve Bannon suggested on Sunday that a presidential ticket with former President Trump (R) as president and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D) as vice president could result in “a massive landslide.”
On an episode of “Bannon’s War Room,” the longtime Trump ally predicted the former president, if he gets through the mounting legal issues he faces, could win in the general election with RFK Jr. as his running mate.
“We stay maniacally focused in the general – particularly as, remember, the firestorm of the lawfare will start next spring with him,” Bannon said on the podcast, referring to Trump. “If you can walk through that, which you can do – you can walk through that fire … and I think get 55 percent or more of the country.”
Bannon continued: “If somehow it worked out [that] you could get Kennedy as a running mate — and I don’t know, that is far from even technically can happen because of the structure of the Democratic and Republican parties and ballot access and all that — you could get 60 percent or higher in the country and win a massive landslide.”
Kennedy is running as a Democratic presidential candidate, but has gained favor mostly with conservatives. In a recent poll conducted by Quinnipiac University, Kennedy’s favorability among Republicans continued to be high, with likely GOP voters favoring him by more than a 2-to-1 margin.
Kennedy’s favorability among Democrats, however, was the opposite, and continues to drop, according to the poll. Likely Democratic voters had an unfavorable opinion of him, by a more than 2-to-1 margin. His net favorability among Democrats is negative 26 points, which is down from a net negative 15 points one month prior.
Kennedy, who has at times come under fire for promoting conspiracy theories championed by the far-right, has been floated as a possible vice presidential pick for Trump in the past.
Roger Stone, another Trump ally, called a potential Trump-RFK ticket a “dream ticket” back in April.
Bannon says Trump-RFK Jr. ticket would win in ‘massive landslide’
Steve Bannon suggested Sunday that a presidential ticket with former President Trump (R) as president and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D) as vice president could result in “a massive landslide.” On…thehill.com
Sadly no one could look at the US again with a straight face.
But he has been consistent in his beliefs and actions. I would not want to see him in power but I have a smidgen of respect for him.The really frightening thing is that the wingnut might be a less awful VP choice than his predecessor. Pence stayed out of the news by and large, so one has to look him up to see how dangerous he is. Behind the mediagenic face lies a stone-cold dominionist.
What keeps me from even a smidgeon of respect is how Pence silently allowed it all to happen.But he has been consistent in his beliefs and actions. I would not want to see him in power but I have a smidgen of respect for him.
But there had to be some grownups in the room. I have read a number of time he had worked behind the scenes, with democrats also, in order to get the government's business done. If he was a thorn in Trump's side he would have been gone in a minute. Heck, trump wanted to more than once.What keeps me from even a smidgeon of respect is how Pence silently allowed it all to happen.
At day’s end he is as unprincipled an opportunist as the rest, and with serious problem values once stripped of the cover of loyalty.
Perhaps being made gone would have been the best thing for any claim that he had any principles.But there had to be some grownups in the room. I have read a number of time he had worked behind the scenes, with democrats also, in order to get the government's business done. If he was a thorn in Trump's side he would have been gone in a minute. Heck, trump wanted to more than once.
Only a POS would speak down about the greatest country on earth
Yes Hitler was a cunt. Funny clip though with a great ending.Only a POS would speak down about the greatest country on earth
Just saying
USA USA USA !