Eleventh-Hour Longshot Option To Stop Trump 2.0 Baffles MAGA as Video of Last-Ditch Scenario From Powerful Dem Unearthed
In an eleventh-hour legal maneuver, two prominent attorneys have proposed a controversial pathway for Congress to prevent Donald Trump from assuming the presidency and potentially elevate Vice President Kamala Harris to the nation’s highest office, citing constitutional grounds related to the January 6 insurrection.
TTOA reported Thursday that Evan Davis and David Schulte, writing in The Hill, argue that Congress maintains the authority to reject Trump’s electoral votes during the January 6 certification process by invoking Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
The argument has rattled MAGA, with various X users resurfacing a shock video that showcases Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin discussing a scenario in which Congress might have to invalidate a Trump victory.
The congressman’s remarks, recorded at a Politics and Prose bookstore on Feb. 17, included references to “civil war conditions.”
It captures Raskin predicting that the Supreme Court would block efforts to exclude Trump from state ballots based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
This constitutional provision, originally intended to bar former Confederates from holding federal office, has been at the center of recent attempts to disqualify Trump from running for president again.
It bars individuals who have previously sworn to uphold the Constitution and subsequently “engaged in insurrection” from holding public office, , TTOA previously reported.
Davis and Schulte, echoing Raskin’s past remarks, contend that electoral votes can be challenged if they were “not lawfully certified” or if the vote was “not regularly given.”
They assert that ballots cast for a constitutionally disqualified candidate would clearly fall under the category of votes “not regularly given.”
“A vote for a candidate disqualified by the Constitution is plainly in accordance with the normal use of words ‘not regularly given,’” Davis and Schulte wrote, comparing Trump’s alleged disqualification to other constitutional requirements such as age, natural-born citizenship and residency requirements.
The process they outline would require significant congressional support.
The Daily Caller highlighted that under the Count Act, an objection petition would need signatures from 20 percent of members in both chambers of Congress.
If such an objection received majority support in both houses, the contested electoral votes would be invalidated and the threshold for victory would be adjusted accordingly.
In this scenario, the attorneys suggest, Harris could emerge as president.
This legal theory faces substantial obstacles, however.
Daily Caller explained that the Supreme Court has already weighed in on similar arguments, rejecting Colorado’s attempt to remove Trump from its 2024 ballot in a February ruling.
The Court’s majority opinion specifically stated that Congressional legislation would be necessary to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
The proposal appears to have gained little traction among Democratic leadership.
Multiple high-ranking Democrats have indicated they have no intention of challenging Trump’s electoral victory, marking a departure from previous electoral vote challenges in 2017.
New York Rep. Joe Morelle emphasized the party’s commitment to respecting the electoral process, telling Politico, “I think you’re going to have a pretty sort of normal transfer, and I think we will respect the wishes of the American people… in contrast to what happened January 6, 2021.”
Daily Caller noted that even Democrats who previously contested Trump’s electors in 2017 have publicly stated they will not pursue similar actions this time around, suggesting a broader acceptance of the election results within the party.
The attorneys acknowledge the political improbability of their proposal, writing, “The unlikelihood of congressional Republicans doing anything that might elect Harris as president is obvious.”
Nevertheless, they argue that Democrats have a constitutional duty to oppose Electoral College votes for any disqualified candidate.
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If Raskin (D-MD) and his cronies on both sides try this, they need to be impeached or removed for INSURRECTION. THIS WILL BE AN INSURRECTION because it will become a Civil War! Each demokrazie or republican who vote for this need to be arrested for treason!