Law Firm Offering Free Legal Advice To Electors Who Don’t Want To Vote For Trump

[Carl in Michigan]

I find Lakhota''s lack of faith in the Electoral College disturbing

He'd be ok with it if Hillary had won

 

[Lakhota]

Imagine if only 36 Trump electors switched to Hillary. Just imagine...

 

[BULLDOG]

Still hoping against hope, aren't we Lakhota?

Why the glibness? The electors are free to vote their conscience on December 19.

"Vote their conscience"

And what makes you think they'll "vote their conscience" and defect to Hillary?

They all won't. All it takes is a few.

 

[Pop23]

Can you imagine what would happen to that elector when he returned home after screwing the will of the State?????

Wouldn't want to be that dude or dudette!!!!

 

[Pop23]

Imagine if only 36 Trump electors switched to Hillary. Just imagine...

^^^^^ Political Porn????

 

[TemplarKormac]

One of the faithless electors you cited in the OP already said he isn't going to cast his vote for Hillary. And even if you get your way and 37 of them do peel off, that doesn't necessarily mean they will vote for Hillary.

In that case, the election goes to Congress.

It's lose-lose for you.

Ya, and that crazy fucker cites DARTH VADER as why he's not.

Guaranteed his career as an elector is over. What a moron.

I find Lakhota''s lack of faith in the Electoral College disturbing.

His faith in his leftist friends is his weakness...

I wanna see Star Wars: Rogue One so bad now. :O

 

[Lakhota]

CLINTON CAMP POUNCES: BRIEF ELECTORS ON RUSSIA HACKS!​

Electoral College Members Request Intel...

Ex-CIA Heavy: Russia Hacks ‘The Political Equivalent Of 9/11’...

Bipartisan Anger Grows Over Election Interference...

McConnell Backs Probe...

Ryan Gives Bizarre, Noncommittal Response To Meddling...

Trump Trashes CIA’s Findings: ‘I Don’t Believe It’...

Bolton Pushes ‘False Flag’ Conspiracy Theory...

Team Trump Goes On Defense Over Electoral College Lawsuit...

COUNTDOWN: 7 Days Until Electors Officially Cast Votes...

Go Hillary!!!!!

 

[Dreadnaught1968]

CLINTON CAMP POUNCES: BRIEF ELECTORS ON RUSSIA HACKS!​

Electoral College Members Request Intel...

Ex-CIA Heavy: Russia Hacks ‘The Political Equivalent Of 9/11’...

Bipartisan Anger Grows Over Election Interference...

McConnell Backs Probe...

Ryan Gives Bizarre, Noncommittal Response To Meddling...

Trump Trashes CIA’s Findings: ‘I Don’t Believe It’...

Bolton Pushes ‘False Flag’ Conspiracy Theory...

Team Trump Goes On Defense Over Electoral College Lawsuit...

COUNTDOWN: 7 Days Until Electors Officially Cast Votes...

Go Hillary!!!!!

Huffington Poot and Politico. Congratulations, you're right on top of that fake news.

 

[Spare_change]

Still hoping against hope, aren't we Lakhota?

Why the glibness? The electors are free to vote their conscience on December 19.

That is categorically untrue.

But, hey ---- whatever helps you sleep at night.

 

[Flopper]

There are 538 people with the fate of the election in their hands, and they can now seek counsel from high-powered lawyers.

WASHINGTON ― A new organization is offering pro bono legal assistance to any Electoral College member who decides to break with the will of the people in his or her state, in hopes of derailing President-elect Donald Trump before he is sworn in.

The vote to determine who will become president is set to take place on Dec. 19. Christopher Suprun, a paramedic who lives in Texas and is one of the 538 members of the Electoral College, announced this week that he will not cast his vote for the president-elect.

Larry Lessig, a Harvard Law School professor heading the project, told The Huffington Post that the law firm Durie Tangri handles intake and may wind up representing Suprun. Durie Tangri generally plans to offer confidential advice to anonymous electors, but Lessing said Suprun’s case was different.

“He came to us just as he published his piece in the Times,” he said. “Our assumption is we’re talking to people who want to be anonymous, so he’s an exception. The whole community is going to step in and do what they can to help him.”

Lessig, who has been a prolific online fundraiser in the past, said his group is raising funds in addition to counting on some substantial early commitments.

“The motivation was the recognition that there were going to be a lot of electors who were considering what we believe is their constitutional right, to vote their conscience. Whether it makes sense to do it depends on who else is doing it,” Lessig said, adding that Durie Tangri would be willing to tell electors how many other electors had committed to voting against Trump.

The law firm also plans to partner with groups doing work on the ground.

Trump needs 270 electors to support him when they gather in state capitals around the country later this month. He won enough states to give him the support of 306, so anti-Trump forces need to persuade 36 more electors. That effort is underway, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich being named as a potential alternative. Trump annihilated Kasich in the Republican primary.

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Twenty-one states do not have laws compelling their electors to vote for a pledged candidate. Twenty-nine states plus the District of Columbia have laws to penalize faithless electors, although these have never been enforced. In lieu of penalizing a faithless elector, some states, such as Michigan and Minnesota, specify the faithless elector's vote is void, though no state has yet had cause to enforce such a provision.

It would be almost impossible to get 74 electors, all republicans to break their pledge and vote against Trump.
Faithless elector - Wikipedia

 

[Lakhota]

Electors must do the right thing for America!

 

[Lakhota]

Electors have free legal advice.

REPORT: PUTIN ‘PERSONALLY DIRECTED’ HACK LEAKS

 

[SmokeALib]

Electors must do the right thing for America!

They already have.

 

[HenryBHough]

Various states have different definitions of what EC members can do with their votes.

Let's hope those lawyers are also providing armed guards for their aspiring traitors, their husbands/wives/significant others, their children, their pets and will pay to have fire trucks parked front and rear as might seem appropriate.

Surely The Clinton Foundation or, mayhap, Georgie, has enough loose cash to cover the expense?

 

[Lewdog]

I posted about this in another thread, but the head of this organization said they have about 30 people already willing to maybe use their Trump vote for someone else, but they will only do it if they can get about 40 people to say they will.

 

[Flopper]

I posted about this in another thread, but the head of this organization said they have about 30 people already willing to maybe use their Trump vote for someone else, but they will only do it if they can get about 40 people to say they will.

Keep in mind, we're talking about committed republican party members, many who were convention delegates refusing to support their party's winner in their state election. Any of these people that become faithless electors will loose all status and respect in their party. Not gonna happen. I would be surprised if more than two or three take this path.

 

[Contumacious]

There are 538 people with the fate of the election in their hands, and they can now seek counsel from high-powered lawyers.

WASHINGTON ― A new organization is offering pro bono legal assistance to any Electoral College member who decides to break with the will of the people in his or her state, in hopes of derailing President-elect Donald Trump before he is sworn in.

The vote to determine who will become president is set to take place on Dec. 19. Christopher Suprun, a paramedic who lives in Texas and is one of the 538 members of the Electoral College, announced this week that he will not cast his vote for the president-elect.

Larry Lessig, a Harvard Law School professor heading the project, told The Huffington Post that the law firm Durie Tangri handles intake and may wind up representing Suprun. Durie Tangri generally plans to offer confidential advice to anonymous electors, but Lessing said Suprun’s case was different.

“He came to us just as he published his piece in the Times,” he said. “Our assumption is we’re talking to people who want to be anonymous, so he’s an exception. The whole community is going to step in and do what they can to help him.”

Lessig, who has been a prolific online fundraiser in the past, said his group is raising funds in addition to counting on some substantial early commitments.

“The motivation was the recognition that there were going to be a lot of electors who were considering what we believe is their constitutional right, to vote their conscience. Whether it makes sense to do it depends on who else is doing it,” Lessig said, adding that Durie Tangri would be willing to tell electors how many other electors had committed to voting against Trump.

The law firm also plans to partner with groups doing work on the ground.

Trump needs 270 electors to support him when they gather in state capitals around the country later this month. He won enough states to give him the support of 306, so anti-Trump forces need to persuade 36 more electors. That effort is underway, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich being named as a potential alternative. Trump annihilated Kasich in the Republican primary.

More: Law Firm Offering Free Legal Advice To Electors Who Don't Want To Vote For Trump

Sounds like a plan - but December 19 is rapidly approaching.

My understanding is that if they fuck up the election legal matters will be the least of their problems



The Electoral College Can Be Stolen, But It Won't

A public servant in America will not successfully betray such a trusted confidence as the Electoral College, and get away with it.

Maybe one or two electors defect and no one bats an eye.

If more defected, enough to change the outcome of the election, a protest from the right would almost certainly take place. It wouldn’t be about crying on YouTube or knocking over garbage cans

No. Nothing like that. No one will see the protest coming from the right when the right stands up. The faithless electors in that situation won’t survive through Christmas. That’s how protests on the right really look.

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[BULLDOG]

There are 538 people with the fate of the election in their hands, and they can now seek counsel from high-powered lawyers.

WASHINGTON ― A new organization is offering pro bono legal assistance to any Electoral College member who decides to break with the will of the people in his or her state, in hopes of derailing President-elect Donald Trump before he is sworn in.

The vote to determine who will become president is set to take place on Dec. 19. Christopher Suprun, a paramedic who lives in Texas and is one of the 538 members of the Electoral College, announced this week that he will not cast his vote for the president-elect.

Larry Lessig, a Harvard Law School professor heading the project, told The Huffington Post that the law firm Durie Tangri handles intake and may wind up representing Suprun. Durie Tangri generally plans to offer confidential advice to anonymous electors, but Lessing said Suprun’s case was different.

“He came to us just as he published his piece in the Times,” he said. “Our assumption is we’re talking to people who want to be anonymous, so he’s an exception. The whole community is going to step in and do what they can to help him.”

Lessig, who has been a prolific online fundraiser in the past, said his group is raising funds in addition to counting on some substantial early commitments.

“The motivation was the recognition that there were going to be a lot of electors who were considering what we believe is their constitutional right, to vote their conscience. Whether it makes sense to do it depends on who else is doing it,” Lessig said, adding that Durie Tangri would be willing to tell electors how many other electors had committed to voting against Trump.

The law firm also plans to partner with groups doing work on the ground.

Trump needs 270 electors to support him when they gather in state capitals around the country later this month. He won enough states to give him the support of 306, so anti-Trump forces need to persuade 36 more electors. That effort is underway, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich being named as a potential alternative. Trump annihilated Kasich in the Republican primary.

More: Law Firm Offering Free Legal Advice To Electors Who Don't Want To Vote For Trump

Sounds like a plan - but December 19 is rapidly approaching.

My understanding is that if they fuck up the election legal matters will be the least of their problems



The Electoral College Can Be Stolen, But It Won't

A public servant in America will not successfully betray such a trusted confidence as the Electoral College, and get away with it.

Maybe one or two electors defect and no one bats an eye.

If more defected, enough to change the outcome of the election, a protest from the right would almost certainly take place. It wouldn’t be about crying on YouTube or knocking over garbage cans

No. Nothing like that. No one will see the protest coming from the right when the right stands up. The faithless electors in that situation won’t survive through Christmas. That’s how protests on the right really look.

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So are you planning on murdering the electors yourself, or do you already have someone picked out to go that for you?

 

[Kondor3]

...WASHINGTON ― A new organization is offering pro bono legal assistance to any Electoral College member who decides to break with the will of the people in his or her state...

Typical Liberal-Progressive neo-Fascism...

It's a big part of the reason why you assholes are now losing power...

 

[skookerasbil]

lol........after Monday when the bozo electors are made to look like fools ( what have they been promised by Van Jones ), Im going to be requesting addresses for the k00ks in here so I can personally mail them one of THESE >>>>

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