Donald Trump maintains that the previous presidential election, that of 20-20, was ‘’stolen’’, that he really won the election, that he is the true president. He has a considerable following, among the working people. For that reason, and not because we are supporters of Trump, we must examine the election.
The fact of the matter is that two lawyers, Rudy Guilliani and Sydney Sweeney, demonstrated the ease with which elections can be falsified. Their demonstration was quite impressive, so that it is entirely possible that they spoke from experience. It was quite valuable, as it served to educate the working people. They made the point that there are numerous ways to ‘’fix’’ any election. The use of ‘’High Tech’’, in which the voting machines are programmed to give the desired results, is merely the latest invention of voter fraud. Also possibly the easiest.
It is significant that the journalists are not denying any of the allegations the two lawyers have made, concerning the ease with which elections are falsified. Nor are they admitting this! They are merely subjecting them to personal attacks, in an attempt to discredit them.
From what we can best gather, Guilliani and Sweeney were arguing that the election was ‘’fixed’’, so that Biden won the election through voter fraud. The implication is that Trump really won the election, is the true president. We will argue that even though the election was indeed fraudulent, that does not mean that Trump is the true president.
The current situation is rather strange, in that the monopoly capitalists, billionaires one and all, technically referred to as the bourgeoisie, are the class of people in charge, running the country. Even though Trump is ‘’one of their own’’, a fellow billionaire, they consider him to be a ‘’loose cannon’’, too dangerous, unpredictable, and has to go. Elections be damned!
Of course the billionaires own all the major news outlets, so that the journalists work for them. Make no mistake, the journalists ‘’dance to their tune’’! For that reason, the news outlets are most viciously attacking Guilliani and Sweeney.
They are constantly referring to the suggestion that Trump won the 20-20 presidential election, as ‘’The Big Lie’’! Perhaps they are of the opinion that if they repeat this often enough, everyone will believe it.
Such is hardly the case! In fact, ‘’times have changed’’, and changed quite dramatically. The members of the public, the common people, are not fools. On the contrary, they are intelligent and cultured, perfectly capable of thinking for themselves. Just because the journalists insist that ‘’Trump lost the election’’, does not make it true!
This is not to say that Trump won the election! In fact, the 20-20 presidential election was completely fraudulent! Not because the popular vote was falsified, but because the election was Unconstitutional!
For that reason, Biden did not win the election! But then, neither did Trump! America does not have a President!
The fact of the matter is that countless working people still have faith in the parliamentary system. That belief must be respected! They are going to have to learn, from experience, that the Communists are correct.
No doubt all ‘’common people’’, as that is the way in which working people refer to themselves, are interested in the presidential vote. What better way to raise their level of awareness, than by becoming involved in the demand that all presidential elections abide by the Constitution?
It is also a fact that the most passionate supporters of Trump, the ‘’MAGA’’ people, in that MAGA stands for Make America Great Again, are also demanding a ‘’free and fair election’’. These people too, have a great many followers, among the common people.
By some happy coincidence, it just so happens that the people on the Left are also demanding the same thing! To think that the Left and the ‘’Ultra Right’’, by whom I of course mean the MAGA people, can agree on anything!
Yet it is true! For that reason, I am about to suggest a course of action which most people may find to be strange, if not outright insane! My suggestion is that those of us who are on the ‘’Left’’, call for an alliance with those on the ‘’Right’’, including those who are most ‘’Right Wing’’, the strongest supporters of Trump, the MAGA people!
The purpose of this proposed -temporary!- alliance is to establish, in court, that the 20-20 presidential election was indeed fraudulent. Not because the popular vote was ‘’rigged’’, but because the election was Unconstitutional!
The procedure of electing the President, as well as the Vice President, is set out, quite clearly, in the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution! This procedure was not followed! For that reason, the 20-20 presidential election was fraudulent!
In the interests of democracy, which I consider to be of the utmost importance, I have decided to give the Twelfth Amendment, in its entirety:
‘’The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;
‘’The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;
‘’The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
‘’The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.’’
(Please note that the italics are not mine, but were copied from the internet.)
As most readers are not ‘’Philadelphia Lawyers’’, it is understandable that this is difficult to comprehend. Yet even a casual reading reveals that there is no mention of a popular vote! There is no mention of any District! There is no mention of any political party! There is no mention of any ‘’running mate’’! It is the Electors who vote for the President! Those same Electors vote for the Vice President! On separate ballots, no less! The Electors have the right to vote for any individual, for the office of President! They also have the right to vote for any individual, for the office of Vice President! Such individuals need not be members of any political party! The two need not be members of the same political party! The states have no right to force the Electors to vote for any particular candidates!
May I suggest that the people on the Left, whether they consider themselves Socialists, Social Democrats, Communists, Marxists or simply concerned citizens, put aside their differences, and come together. I am sure that this is an issue upon which we can all agree.
I can also suggest that we invite the people on the Right to assist us. That includes those who are considered to be ‘’Ultra Right Wing’’, the MAGA people. After all, they too want a free and fair election.
The idea is to hire a lawyer, with the plan to argue, preferably before the Supreme Court, that the last presidential election was fraudulent. That election violated the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. May I suggest the following, as possible arguments:
‘’All Electors were forced, by state law, to cast their votes based upon the ‘’popular vote’’. This is a violation of The Twelfth Amendment, as it makes no mention of any popular vote
‘’All Electors were forced, by state law, to vote for the candidates of one particular Party, in violation of the Twelfth Amendment, which makes no mention of any Party
‘’All Electors were forced, by state law, to cast one ballot for ‘’a team’’, of a particular Party, for President and his ‘’running mate’’ for Vice President. This is a violation of the Twelfth Amendment, which requires two ‘’distinct ballots’’, one for President and one for Vice President
‘’The states have no right to pass any laws which infringe upon the right of the Electors to cast a ballot for the President, and to cast a separate ballot for the Vice President, each of their choice, as that is a violation of the Twelfth Amendment
‘’The District of Columbia also sent Electors to vote for the President and the Vice President. As that District is not a state, this too is a violation of the Twelfth Amendment’’
It is very likely that a lawyer, an expert on Constitutional law, could ‘’polish’’ those arguments, to make them sound more ‘’scholarly’’.
Yet when faced with those arguments, it is entirely possible that the Supreme Court will indeed ‘’strike down’’ all state laws which infringe upon the right of Electors to vote for a President, and to vote for a Vice President, of their choice. At the same time, they could well rule that the election was fraudulent, so that Biden is not president. But then neither is Trump!
In such a case, it is very likely that the Supreme Court would refer the matter to Congress, either the House of Representatives or the Senate.
It would also mean that all the presidents who were elected, in violation of the Twelfth Amendment, very likely going back to the days of the Civil War, were illegitimate presidents. That includes Trump!
It is quite likely that the small army of lawyers hired by Trump, ‘’legal eagles’’, one and all, have chosen not to challenge the last presidential election, based upon Constitutional Law, for that reason. They may not want to ‘’open that can of worms’’!
Yet the fact remains that there is one issue upon which the people on the Left, can agree with the people on the Right, including the MAGA people. We can agree that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.
It is for that reason, I suggest the Left ‘’join forces’’ with the Right, for the purpose of challenging the 2020 presidential election, in court. Truly, ‘’politics makes for strange bedfellows’’!
No doubt there are many people on the ‘’Left’’ who are dead set against working with people on the ‘’Right’’, especially the MAGA people. Such an attitude is incorrect.
To such people, may I suggest that you ‘’look at the big picture’’.
There are countless people, honest, hard working, law abiding, tax paying Americans, who still have faith in the parliamentary system. These citizens must be respected! It is up to us to support them in their struggle for free and fair elections! In this way, they will learn, from experience, that the system is set up to serve the capitalists, the bourgeoisie. The capitalists are currently in charge, and fully intend to remain in charge!
If the MAGA people accept an alliance, based on the terms of challenging the legality of the last presidential election, on Constitutional grounds, then we stand to gain. In that case, we can meet their people, including the ‘’rank and file’’, and let them see that ‘’we have no horns’’! We can also provide them with revolutionary literature, possibly in digital form.
Not all of the followers of MAGA, among the common people, are very advanced. For such working people, it may be necessary to provide them with literature which is quite popular, so that they can understand it. At the same time, make sure it is not vulgar.
On the other hand, if the MAGA leaders reject such an alliance, we shall gain even more. After all, the rank and file of the MAGA movement are well aware that their leaders maintain that the election was ‘’stolen’’. Fine! Now is the opportunity to go to court to prove this! Legally! If the MAGA leaders ‘’pass it up’’, then the rank and file will see them as the liars and hypocrites that they are!
Either way, with or without the support of the MAGA leaders, we can challenge the legality of the last presidential election. This is bound to attract the attention of a great many working people. Once we have their attention, we can explain to them the fundamental principles of Communism, including that of Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
In summary, it is entirely possible that the Supreme Court will strike down all state laws that interfere in a federal presidential election. That could have the effect of declaring the last presidential election ‘’null and void’’! That would prove the MAGA people are right, the election was fraudulent. That would also prove that Biden is a phoney president! It would even prove that he is not even President! America may not even have a President!
The important thing to bear in mind, is that our goal is to raise the level of awareness of the working class. Whether or not the Supreme Court rules in our favour, is a matter of indifference. In the process of challenging the 2020 presidential election, the working people will receive a valuable education.
In fact, there are a great many people who are questioning all elections, and not just the presidential elections. Properly so, I might add. As these people are politically active, many of them are among the most advanced members of the working class. For that reason, I am writing this article with them in mind. Let it never be said that I am defending Donald Trump!
On the contrary, it is my opinion that the level of awareness of the most advanced members of the working class, the proletariat, must be raised to a higher level. They must become aware -and embrace!- the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. The terms Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, must become common place.
We will know that we are successful in this, when working people are openly discussing Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 