For Everyone That Keeps Asking if an Election Has Ever Been Overturned Due To Fraud! YES, and as Recent as 1994! Eyes on Pennsylvania!
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It's really annoying that these posts keep getting made. None of this matters.
Biden has been sworn in, so the 2020 election is final. It. Is. Final.
Never has a federal election been overturned. The closest that it has ever gotten is an order for a new election.
It is possible that SCOTUS could order a new election for President and Vice-President, but there is no precedent to that, The thing I find problematic is that the Constitution specifies that a term is four years and the only way to remove a sitting President is impeachment.
So that leaves only these options:
The Speaker of The House resigns, and the House votes in Donald Trump as the new Speaker. Congress then impeaches, convicts, and removes Biden and Harris; making Trump President.
Harris resigns, Biden appoints Donald Trump Vice-President, then he also resigns. Trump would then become President.
Biden nominates Trump to a cabinet position, the Senate confirms him. Congress impeaches, convicts, and removes Biden, then pass a bill stating that Donald Trump is the federal official who will act as President. Acting-President Pelosi signs the bill into law and she remains Speaker of the House.
The long shot: SCOTUS orders a new Election, and Trump wins if there is no fraud. He's then sworn in on January 20, 2022.
That's it. There is no other option. No re-instatement. No overturning of the election.
If what we experienced was garden variety, completely internal voter fraud, your scenario is probably correct. But if massive foreign interference is proven, it’s a whole new ballgame.
Even under your scenario, we have a constitutional crisis. The constitution does not intend for us to live under the rule of a person we did not elect, in fact it exists to prevent that. However, it does not provide a specific remedy for this situation.
That doesn’t mean nothing can be done. Nothing precludes the State Legislatures from decertifying their electoral college results. Nothing precludes Congress from doing the same, with the exception Dems are in control.
Would SCOTUS weigh in at the request of the DS if this happened? Maybe, but so far they’ve steered clear of getting involved.
But the real question is whether or not this was a coup. Was covid a bio attack to set the stage for stealing the election? And whether or not elected officials, and others who swore an oath to the United States collaborated with enemies to pull it off.
If the answer to those questions are yes, all involved are disqualified from holding office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. If that is the case, nothing they have done since committing those acts would be considered official, including certifying the election.
It really isn't.
Agree 100%.
None of that will have any effect on who is President. Biden would still need to either resign or be impeached.
That would not apply in absolute terms like you're implying. If that were to happen, Biden would need to be impeached on those charges first (since a sitting president cannot be criminally indicted). Only upon conviction would he become ineligible to hold office.
That's just not true. None of this would apply retroactively. The election was certified. That's it. It's final. Everyone would know that they committed massive fraud to steal the presidency, but all of their prior actions will stand.