10 Aug 2023 10:22 pm
B.See » 10 Aug 2023, 5:58 am » wrote: ↑ Wrong. If Trump get back into the White House our democracy will end. Their plan to obliterate those "checks and balances" is already in the works. And the greatest danger to said democracy, imo, are people who THINK that can't possibly happen.
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Exactly B.See. The Republican Party is abandoning Democracy. Those who contend USA Democracy is immune from reversion to authoritarian rule, reiterate the deceit of Far Right MAGA fraudsters.
Independent State Legislature theory essentially claims the right of secretaries of state and state legislatures to overturn the votes of the electorate in any given state.
As probably all of us are aware, the Far Right Supreme Court struck down the Independent State Legislature Theory .... It would have been a death knell for Democracy.
But, in defiance of the Federal Government, many of the Far Right state legislatures are still more than likely to invoke Independent State Legislature Theory, disenfranchising the voters. It is difficult to see by what mechanism, except military action, these modern-day traitors can be denied. This is similar to to succession of of the first Confederate States in 1860.
Never before, in the history of the US has Democracy been in so much danger.