Comment on In the US, what is stopping people from bribing members of the electoral college?
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day agoNone of the things you mentioned sound even remotely plausible though. 🥲
Comment on In the US, what is stopping people from bribing members of the electoral college?
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day agoNone of the things you mentioned sound even remotely plausible though. 🥲
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Democrats getting both houses of congress is not implausable, assuming we still have elections in the future.
Packing the supreme court isnt hard, just need the democrats to find their spine. And they could just rebrand it as “Balancing The Court” for PR purposes.
Now finding the states that add up to 270 electoral votes to join the i reinstate conpact, that is the biggest hurdle, but the downballot effect should win enough state legislatures if democrats win congress. Right now we’re 77% of the way there. One reason I speculate why they remaing swing states havent joined is becauss they want to wait until theres a friendly congress and supreme court before trying, because there will be legal challenges to it. If congress and supreme court are in control, then I could see swing states quickly joining the interstate compact in rapid succession.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That packing the court bit is a great idea so long as you can make sure your guy wins forever and nobody bad will ever get in and pack the court again in their favor. It’s basically MAD, nobody wants to be the person to open that Pandora’s Box.