If the GOP wins the 2022 midterm elections and enacts a Republican rule of both Houses of Congress, prepare yourselves to witness the Grand Ol’ Party take good ol’ America and effectively burn it all to the ground!
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Yes, the GOP has already brazenly made it known that a Republican rule of Congress would be the end of any investigation into the January 6th attack on Capitol Hill. A Republican rule would initiate immediate impeachment proceedings against President Biden (the crime is not yet determined). Republican rule would also make certain that a woman’s right to choose is never again the law of the land, that same-sex marriage is canceled and only allowed to occur between one man and one woman, and that trans rights and minority issues are trampled into the ground.
Now, if all of that frightens you, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet.
Legal minds fear that the GOP will institute an obscure law known as the “independent state legislature theory” which could permanently hand Republicans the US House, the US Senate, AND The White House for decades to come.
According to columnist and American University professor of law Kimberly Wehle, Americans should keep their eyes and ears open regarding a case known as Moore v. Harper.
“If the GOP takes over the House and the Supreme Court decides a case called Moore v. Harper as the GOP wants it to, it is entirely possible that Democrats will be locked out of the presidency for the foreseeable future, regardless of the popular vote and the Electoral College vote tally,” said Wehle. “Republicans will keep control of the White House because Republican state legislatures will say so.”
In case you’re unaware, the case of Moore v. Harper would allow state legislatures the authority to govern federal elections — and would permit partisan gerrymandering that could load state legislatures with Republican lawmakers.
IF the GOP is able to load state legislatures with Republicans and take control of the US House of Representatives, they’d only need to convince the US Supreme Court to rule in favor of Moore v. Harper in order to successfully (and perhaps permanently) hijack the US democratic election process.
“Here, then, is how it all could play out,” Wehle wrote. “Republicans, including a majority of election deniers, win control of the US House of Representatives in 2022. The Supreme Court in Moore holds that only state legislatures can make laws governing elections (Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and possibly Brett Kavanaugh have already signaled support for the theory), unless Congress steps in, which a GOP majority in the House won’t do.”
Since Republicans already control more than half of all state legislatures across the country, GOP-led state houses could theoretically flip the results in 1 or 2 key states to overturn a possible Democratic presidential win. Then, the Republican Congress could either certify those results in January 2025 or refuse to certify the results if legislators fail to impose a GOP win.
“Is this outcome a certainty? No — but none of these steps is implausible, and the whole grim scenario seems to grow more likely with each passing day,” Wehle said. “This Court knows that the November midterm election will decide who has power in America for a long time to come. Voters need to wake up to this reality as well — and quickly.”
OK WASSUP! discusses Politics:
Republican Rule = irreversible harm?
According to columnist and American University professor of law Kimberly Wehle, Americans should keep their eyes and ears open regarding a case known as Moore v. Harper. [….] – DJ
Let me be the first to admit that I was not aware, at all, of Moore v. Harper until reading about here on this site. Don’t know how I dropped the ball so badly on not knowing about something THIS important?!
But thank you DJ for informing us!
For me, the most troubling thing about this case is that I know I’m not alone in being unaware. I would posit that the majority of Americans are also totally unaware of Moore. v. Harper. To say nothing of whether it would matter to most of them even if they did know(?) But I digress.