re: Jamie Raskin another j6 crybully won’t certify election

I googled and that quote only appears on echo chamber X/Twitter accounts and nowhere else.

I think that may be an alt account for Black Insurrectionist

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SFP says there's no way for Democrats to block certification.

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There is not. This looks like absolutely fake news.

Why do good souls die of cancer and he didn't?

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Seriously, please explain.

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The Supreme Court (in the Colorado case) ruled that Congress has to pass a law.

So the 14th Amendment text says this and that about a few things (including the insurrection language). But, Section 5 specifically says this:

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Section 5.
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

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That's why the states acting to remove Trump were reversed, because this power is exclusive to Congress.

BUT, the section also specifically says "by appropriate legislation", so Congress has to pass a law (which they have in the past but there is nothing on the books now) in order to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Here is a quote from the majority opinion.

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Congress’s Section 5 power is critical when it comes to Section 3. Indeed, during a debate on enforcement legislation less than a year after ratification, Sen. Trumbull noted that “notwithstanding [Section 3] . . . hundreds of men [were] holding office” in violation of its terms. Cong. Globe, 41st Cong., 1st Sess., at 626. The Constitution, Trumbull noted, “provide[d] no means for enforcing” the disqualification, necessitating a “bill to give effect to the fundamental law embraced in the Constitution.” Ibid. The enforcement mechanism Trumbull championed was later enacted as part of the Enforcement Act of 1870, “pursuant to the power conferred by §5 of the [Fourteenth] Amendment.” General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania, 458 U. S. 375, 385 (1982); see 16 Stat. 143–144.

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Here is the dissenting opinion bitching about how the majority added this requirement (instead of just invalidating the COSC ruling)

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Court and petitioner from future controversy. Ante, at 13. Although only an individual State’s action is at issue here, the majority opines on which federal actors can enforce Section 3, and how they must do so. The majority announces that a disqualification for insurrection can occur only when Congress enacts a particular kind of legislation pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. In doing so, the majority shuts the door on other potential means of federal enforcement.

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So there must be a law passed by Congress to enforce Section 3. No law exists (and no law is likely even possible prior to the inauguration).

Further, I speculate if they could somehow pass it between now and the inauguration, it would be challenged and the USSC would rule the law cannot be retroactive. That means it can't apply to past behavior (only behavior after the law was passed). This would mean this federal law woudl have had to existed on January 6, 2021 (and none did).

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He will def try to not certify.

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It dont matter if they can or can't, just the sentiment is enough to realize they are absolutely full of shite and hate "their democracy."

The Dem reaction will be hilarious over the next few days, probably a little violent in some places.

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We absolutely must drive these vermin from the levers of still breathing.

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Its typical Dem election denying bullshite.

They've filed impeachment papers on ever elected Republican since Ike.

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Would that make this guy a "threat to democracy"?

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That's certainly the echo bouncing around the chamber

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But, they want to "delegitimize" the Trump victory...just like they tried to do in 2016

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yep, many refused to accept Trump as the elected candidate.

All the handwringing regarding J-6 is virtue signaling, Demos are far worse than republicans when it comes to "their Democracy."

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Word and stuff. Like, alot of them.

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So in other words,
Try it, Jamie. Just try it. We dare you.