• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    "We hope Judge Jones will not further delay justice by appealing but, instead, face Harris County voters in a new election when ordered by the court,” Simpson said in a statement.

    Appeal that shit. Then, appeal that appeal and push it till the November elections when people will be voting anyway.

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      Yup. Appeal it, drag it out, mire it up. If it’s good for the goose, it’s good for the gander.

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    So wait, can we gerrymander a state to get 51% GOPers elected and then re-gerrymander a state so the 49% of other representatives are now in solidly red districts then sue to have those elections overturned so we can achieve 100% representation of a party with a minority of popular support?

    American democracy is so innovative, I don’t think any other country has innovated so hard!

    (Heavy, heavy sarcasm contained above)

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      You’re overthinking it

      Pass a law in a few places that the state legislature can overrule the state results for president

      Those states are enough to pick the president we want

      President then fires all federal law enforcement or administrative official who’s not loyal to him, replaces them from the Project 2025 binders, and just announces deployment of the military in the US and that anyone who’s against him is illegal and goes to prison or shot

      Bingo bango. More direct, less complicated, more permanent, nationwide results. Your thinking was along the right lines but too rules-based. Takes too long. Not enough innovative enough within the current system.

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      Binding legal precedent us only set by appeals court rulings. If this is appealed and upheld, THAT will be a precedent setting. Otherwise, judges can pretty much ignore this case and rule on similar cases with similar facts in a way they see fit.