All journalists, including those who work for the mainstream news outlets, are now deeply concerned with the fascist rhetoric of Trump. He recently announced his plan, to be put into effect ‘’as soon as he is re-elected’’, to use the ‘’Insurrection Act of 1792’’, as a legal pretext to send American troops into ‘’blue cities’’. These include New York City and Chicago, which he referred to as ‘’crime dens’’.
For the benefit of those who are not familiar with American politics, the political pundits have separated all the cities and states, within the country, into two categories. Some of them are classified as ‘’Blue’’, or ‘’Liberal’’, or ‘’Democrat Leaning’’, as opposed to ‘’Red’’, or ‘’Conservative’’, or ‘’Republican Leaning’’.
Allow me to stress the fact that these classifications are not mine. I mention this, only as a means of understanding, that which the journalists are saying.
This is the speech that Trump gave, which has caused so much concern: ‘’The next time, I am not waiting. One of the things I did was let them run it and we are going to show how bad a job they do. Well we did that. We do not have to wait any longer.’’
This stilted jargon of Trump may be difficult to understand, as his command of the language is equivalent to that of someone with an elementary school education. It was his way of saying that while he was serving as President, he ’’let them’’ -meaning the democratically elected officials of various cities and states- ‘’run it’’, meaning he let those officials perform their duty-, and in his opinion, they did a ‘’bad job’’. For that reason, ‘’next time’’, meaning as soon as he is once again President, he will not ‘’wait any longer’’. Trump plans to take over those cities and states, once he is re-elected!
As Trump does not write his own speeches, merely reads from a teleprompter, we can only assume that his writers ‘’dumb down’’ those speeches, writing in a manner that a twelve year old can recite. Now if only Trump could learn to read at that level!
Yet as one journalist, a Leftist fellow, pointed out in his broadcast:
’’Experts are now starting to sound the alarms about Donald Trump’s plans to invoke the Insurrection Act, should he re-take the White House in 2024…in order to ‘crack down on those crime dens’, as he calls them, which are liberal controlled cities.
‘’So now he is not talking about invoking The Insurrection Act to shut down on protests or riots, or even to crack down on crime. He is literally talking about using the Act to take over liberal cities, because they are so ‘filled with crime’….. Not reviewable by courts, it does not take approval from Congress, cannot put an end to it …He can send military anywhere and take over, no guard rails, effectively Martial Law’’
It is clear that this journalist is deeply concerned that Trump, once re-elected, plans to use the Insurrection Act to ‘’take over’’. As for his statement that there are no ‘’guard rails’’, I am deeply skeptical. No doubt both the courts and the Congress has a different opinion on that subject!
Even a former federal judge has given an opinion, concerning the ‘’growing threat of Trump’’, as he phrased it. In his opinion, ‘’conservative lawyers’’ should band together, in opposition. As he stated, ‘’Should Mr. Trump return to the White House, he will arrive with a coterie of lawyers and advisers who, like him, are determined not to be thwarted again. The Federalist Society, long the standard bearer for the conservative legal movement, has failed to respond in this period of crisis. More alarming is the growing crowd of grifters, frauds and con men willing to subvert the Constitution and long established Constitutional principles for the whims of political expediency. The actions of these conservative Republican lawyers are increasingly becoming the new normal. For a group of lawyers sworn to uphold the Constitution, this is an indictment of the nation’s legal profession. Any legal movement that could foment such a Constitutional abdication and attract a sufficient number of lawyers willing to advocate its unlawful causes, is ripe for a major reckoning. We must rebuild a conservative legal movement that supports and defends the American democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law and that incentivizes and promotes those lawyers who do the same.’’
Well spoken! As they are so concerned with their democratic rights and upholding the Constitution, perhaps they should do just that! In particular, they should pay strict attention to the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. As it is so important, I have decided to copy the whole thing:
‘’Twelfth Amendment
‘’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 of 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 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.’’
May I suggest that all ‘’conservative lawyers’’ take note. Within the Twelfth Amendment, there is no mention of any political parties. That includes Republican and Democratic. Nary a word. Nor is there any mention of any ‘’running mate’’, or any District, or any ‘’popular vote’’. It does clearly state that the ‘’Electors shall ….vote by ballot for President and Vice President…in distinct ballots’’. May I further suggest that it is the Electors who vote for President and Vice President, of their choice. The states have nothing to say about this!
In the interest of ‘’practicing what you preach’’, feel free to make those arguments before the Supreme Court. In this way, you can ‘’defend American democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law’’. Demand that the next American federal election follow the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution!
In this way, the states will not be allowed to force any Elector to vote for any candidate, for President or Vice President. The Electors will be allowed, by Constitutional law, to vote for the candidate of their choice! Such candidates may, or may not, be the candidates of one of the two mainstream political parties. That is entirely at the discretion of the Electors!
As a bonus, the country will be spared the farce of a ‘’popular vote’’! Completely meaningless!
On a serious note, I can even suggest that ‘’Leftist’’ lawyers may even assist, in this noble endeavour. Very likely, they will be only too anxious to help. Certainly a worthy cause!
Bear in mind that we do not have to like each other, in order to work together. We just have to respect each other, or at least tolerate each other, temporarily.
As for those who cannot imagine ‘’conservative Republican lawyers’’ working with ‘’socialist’’, or still worse, ‘’Communist’’ lawyers, may I suggest that ‘’stranger things have happened’’.
On February 17, 1918, while Soviet Russia was still at war with Germany, Lenin met with a French officer, a demolition expert, also a self described ‘’royalist, a champion of the French monarchy’’. Even though they hated each other, they had a common enemy, and were able to put aside their differences. After all, it was only temporary.
To borrow a sports metaphor, ‘’keep your eye on the ball’’! This is to say that the fascists must be stopped! The Republican Party is currently being used, by the billionaires, in order to promote fascism! Trump is merely their figurehead!
Focus on opposing the fascist movement, of the billionaires, by neutralizing the Republican Party! This can best be accomplished by forcing all federal elections, to abide by the Twelfth Amendment! The Republican Party can put forward any candidate of their choice! Trump or anyone else! It matters not! It is meaningless!
No Elector will be forced to vote for Trump!
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 