https://twitter.com/17Commentary/status/1339412853263101952

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1339412853263101952.html

War games time, thinking out loud.

Pence, or “Pence”, becomes incapacitated Friday and can no longer remain VP. Be it physically ill, or FISA route.

And if he “stepped down,” he’ll certainly be needing replacement prior to January 06.

Of course, the Constitutional role of the President of the Senate is to open and count votes for POTUS.

Amendment XII. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-12

So an empty VP role wouldn't be too good going into Jan 06; sounds like a Constitutional Crisis where the 12th Amendment (not a Corporation Amendment, since enacted 1789) REQUIRES a Vice President to open and count the votes.

Well, easy! We'll just get a new one!

"I told him we already got one…"

25th Amendment, Section 2.

"Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress."

25th Amendment

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv

>>12062464

(cont)

Recall we are still in the 116th Congress, which has a House which is Majority D, and a Senate which has a razor-thin R Majority, with MANY R's actually turning against POTUS and saying "Accept Biden as POTUS."

pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/pa…

senate.gov/history/partyd…

So, because you and I like to have fun, and we love to play war games to check out all the angles and how we'd handle atypical attacks, let's look at the following scenario:

12/19/2020: Poor ol' Mike comes down with a case of the FISA/R0NA

So POTUS nominates a new VP - easy. The name goes to both Chambers of Congress, and they must both, by simple majority, approve of the VP pick.

… isn't it curious why there's so few Trump/Pence signs…?

POTUS isn't going to nominate a VP that isn't going to be loyal and / or also conduct the counting of the States' votes in a way that recognizes Fraud, and accepts alternate electors from states where there is overwhelming evidence of election irregularities. (Constitutionally).

And a Majority D House won't vote for ANY POTUS nominee of that kind.

And a razor-thin margin Senate (with some spineless R's) won't vote for a POTUS nominee. And even if it did, the 25 Amendment requires a simple majority in BOTH Chambers.

So our situation reduces to the following:

POTUS can nominate an infinite number of people who fit the bill, and they will NEVER get confirmed.

Ha! D's hold ALL the power.

Not so fast, bucko. Perhaps you've forgotten the following:

"It's about the BREAK."

Btw, Q - if you're watching, this is me being an autist :)

ballotpedia.org/116th_Congress… ImageImageImage

116th Congress legislative calendar - Ballotpedia

https://ballotpedia.org/116th_Congress_legislative_calendar

Under the Constitution - Article 2 Section 2 Clause 3:

"The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session."

constitution.congress.gov/browse/article….

Article 2 Section 2 Clause 3 | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-2/clause-3/#:~:text=The%20President%20shall%20have%20Power,End%20of%20their%20next%20Session

Look closer at what that says.

"…which shall expire at the End of their next Session."

The sessions of Congress last ~6 months! (2/year).

Oh, and a new Congress (one with significantly more R's in the House) is sworn in on January 03, 2021.

constitution.congress.gov/browse/article….

Article 2 Section 2 Clause 3 | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-2/clause-3/#:~:text=The%20President%20shall%20have%20Power,End%20of%20their%20next%20Session

Effectively, the current Congress has NO TIME from when poor ol' Mike comes down with a case of the sniffles, even if they WANTED to stonewall POTUS, because their session ends!

Voting on a new nominee can't happen until ~July 2021, AND he can appoint whoever he pleases ASAP.

So Congress can stonewall POTUS, but they're up against the clock. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Does that seem like "rock and a fooked place" to you?

Go ahead - raise a case to SCOTUS. They just proved how impartial they are.

It's quite frankly the clearest Originalist case that could exist.

They're also 5-4.

RIP RBG (1933 - 2019)

Article 2 Section 1 Clause 4, and 2 US Code S7

constitution.congress.gov/browse/article…

law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/7 ImageImage

2 U.S. Code § 7 - Time of election

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/7

Article 2 Section 1 Clause 4 | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-1/clause-4/#:~:text=The%20Congress%20may%20determine%20the,same%20throughout%20the%20United%20States

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>>12062473

>>12062464

(cont 3)

Nothing is random.

Everything has meaning.

EO 13848 was signed in 2018. Election Day is per 2 USC S7.

All POTUS had to do was choose something like, oh let's say, 45 days? that would be near Congress' year-end break KNOWING he was going to let them cheat

Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election | The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-imposing-certain-sanctions-event-foreign-interference-united-states-election/

At this point, all that would be required is for POTUS to quietly run down the clock.

And when the time is right, execute the plan.

The appointed VP would choose alternate slates of electors in swing states CONSTITUTIONALLY. No risk after removal of a traitor like Pence. ImageImage

[they] expended their ammunition by trying to delay the DNI report.

What are the chances [they] never saw this angle?

"But military is the only way! This isn't the military!"

"It must be done right.

It must be done according to the rule of law."

You want to bet that the Left won't launch full blown war, knowing full well that they're [fooked]?

Military is the only way. Image

"We, the People, are the cure."

We, the People – The Constitution is the Cure