About F’ing time.

  • forkDestroyer@infosec.pub
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    11 hours ago

    He can simply declare the seat vacant by death or incapacitation and call for a special election.

    Can he actually?

    • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 hours ago

      Waaaah, but what if we caaaan’t? What if it doesn’t work? What if the courts just overrule it?

      Who fucking cares if it doesn’t work? Try it anyway and quit being a god-damn child.

      Let’s stop this limp-wristed, self-defeating, surrender-in-advance attitude. Here’s an idea. Try having a god damned backbone. Try it anyway and see if it sticks. As long as you have a half-decent legal theory, give it a go.

      Liberals are shiftless cowards. Republicans will happily try a dozen things out, expecting only one or two of them to hold up in court. Democrats second-guess themselves into paralysis.

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        12 minutes ago

        You said he could and I was curious if that was an official thing he could do as a part of the process.

        That’s all I was asking.

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        7 hours ago

        I love how criticize Republicans for doing certain things and then also Democrats for not doing those things.

        Really makes a lot sense.

      • Unbecredible@sh.itjust.works
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        8 hours ago

        Jump down into the shit with the pigs then. “Republicans will happily try a dozen things out, expecting only one or two of them to hold up in court.” Yeah that’s one of their worst traits, they’re fundamentally acting in bad faith all the time. That’s WHY they’re willing to do this McConnell bullshit. That’s why McConnell was willing to block Merrick Garland’s supreme court confirmation the way he did, and then do a 180 to push Trump’s nominee through. They DO. NOT. CARE. about acting in good faith.

        To the extent that Democrats refrain from that kind of behavior I applaud them. You’re right a Republican Governor in this position would happily have pulled the trigger on this awhile ago because when they ask themselves “do I actually have the authority to do this thing? Can I do this thing without negative consequences?” they’re absolutely fine if only the second question can be answered with a yes.

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      9 hours ago

      Sure. Whether or not its constitutional, etc. is really beside the point. Any official challenge to the governor’s declaration would necessarily involve demonstrating that McConnell is alive and well (or not). In either outcome, the question of the governor’s authority would be moot.