Indeed he is, Flipper, well I'd say an anti-Constitutional lawyer. He certainly does seem to know how to get around them, so far (I bet he already has his defense prepared), and I agree, he could easily quelch it all by just producing the documentation.
My guess is he intends to let it into go full-scale legal challenge if he can't continue to ignore the mandate and requests before taking office -- the citizens would explode on his behalf. Alternatively, should Congress decide (like the Resolution for McCain, not needed but with the clever insertion of a phrase for other candidates that were assumed to be eligible), the longer he waits, the more Democrats in the majority.
Those are his quotes by the way about the Constitution being "flawed" "blind spot of the Founders" and "charter of negative liberties."
I believe the electoral college does have standing, last I read 24 of them were pursuing challenges to his eligibility, I haven't read though if they followed through, and I'm hoping the other electors will take the purpose of their job seriously, even in those states that have "faithless voter" statues.
Here's an applicable snip:
If ever there was election where the citizens (no matter how they voted) were duped, this one is it!
My guess is he intends to let it into go full-scale legal challenge if he can't continue to ignore the mandate and requests before taking office -- the citizens would explode on his behalf. Alternatively, should Congress decide (like the Resolution for McCain, not needed but with the clever insertion of a phrase for other candidates that were assumed to be eligible), the longer he waits, the more Democrats in the majority.
Those are his quotes by the way about the Constitution being "flawed" "blind spot of the Founders" and "charter of negative liberties."
I believe the electoral college does have standing, last I read 24 of them were pursuing challenges to his eligibility, I haven't read though if they followed through, and I'm hoping the other electors will take the purpose of their job seriously, even in those states that have "faithless voter" statues.
Here's an applicable snip:
The Electoral College was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of a President. The second as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states.
The first reason that the founders created the Electoral College is hard to understand today. The founding fathers were afraid of direct election to the Presidency. They feared a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power. Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers:
It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations. It was also peculiarly desirable to afford as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder. This evil was not least to be dreaded in the election of a magistrate, who was to have so important an agency in the administration of the government as the President of the United States. But the precautions which have been so happily concerted in the system under consideration, promise an effectual security against this mischief.
Hamilton and the other founders believed that the electors would be able to insure that only a qualified person becomes President. They believed that with the Electoral College no one would be able to manipulate the citizenry. It would act as check on an electorate that might be duped. Hamilton and the other founders did not trust the population to make the right choice. The founders also believed that the Electoral College had the advantage of being a group that met only once and thus could not be manipulated over time by foreign governments or others.
If ever there was election where the citizens (no matter how they voted) were duped, this one is it!