{"id":2171395,"date":"2024-02-08T15:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawyer-admits-at-supreme-court-that-only-one-party-can-be-allowed-to-rig-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:44:06","slug":"democrat-lawyer-admits-at-supreme-court-that-only-one-party-can-be-allowed-to-rig-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawyer-admits-at-supreme-court-that-only-one-party-can-be-allowed-to-rig-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat lawyer confesses at Supreme Court: Only one party can rig elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-lawyer-admits-at-supreme-court-that-only-one-party-can-be-allowed-to-rig-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2171395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Democrats&#8217; Betrayal of \u200dDemocracy<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There was never a\u200b purer\u2062 demonstration of how traitorous Democrats are about &#8220;defending democracy,&#8221; or whatever corny\u200b phrase they like to use,\u200c than what just happened at the\u2062 Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the very end of\u200b oral arguments in the Colorado case determining whether the state had the\u2062 right\u200b to remove former President \u200cDonald Trump&#8217;s name from the 2024 ballot, Justice\u2064 Samuel Alito asked the \u200bstate&#8217;s solicitor general, Shannon\u200d Stevenson,\u200d what&#8217;s\u2062 going to\u2062 happen if \u200bother states &#8220;retaliate&#8221; by, say, removing Joe Biden \u200dfrom theirs. Elected officials \u200cin at least six states have suggested \u2062it as a\u200b course of action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-429126180\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3e922c3d35c20a986d46a3281e019a58 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3e922c3d35c20a986d46a3281e019a58\"><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s an obvious \u200cquestion that \u200cStevenson either wasn&#8217;t prepared for or knew it\u200b would expose her \u200bstate&#8217;s case as a tragic joke. &#8220;Your honor, I \u2063think we \u200dhave to have \u2064faith in our\u2063 system that people\u200c will\u2063 follow\u200c their\u200c election processes appropriately, that they will take realistic\u2063 views of what insurrection is under \u200bthe 14th Amendment,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Courts will review those decisions, this court may review some of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What\u2063 she said next should have\u2063 resulted in\u200b her being \u2062laughed out of the room. \u2062&#8221;But,&#8221; she said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think\u2063 that\u200d this court should take those\u2062 threats too seriously in\u200b its resolution of\u200c this case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alito challenged Stevenson on\u200d whether \u2064she thought the suggestion of retaliation, \u200dcoming from places like \u200bFlorida, Arizona, and\u2062 Georgia, all potentially\u2062 swing states in\u200d the \u2064next election, was truly unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Um, I think we have processes\u2014&#8221; she said, before being interrupted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-09219c18b994c92439673bb4114c1709 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-09219c18b994c92439673bb4114c1709\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We\u200c should proceed\u200c on \u200cthe assumption that it&#8217;s \u200bnot a\u2064 serious threat?&#8221;\u200d said \u200dAlito.<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson said there are &#8220;institutions in place&#8221; that should &#8220;handle&#8221; such matters. Asked\u200d to specify which institutions,\u2062 she\u2062 said, &#8220;Our states, their\u200b own electoral rules, the administrators\u200b who \u200denforce those rules.&#8221; She also\u2063 said voters would have to rely on \u2064&#8221;courts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In essence, to believe this entire case\u200c by\u200b Democrats is\u2064 an \u2063effort to safeguard democracy,\u2064 rather than rig an election, is\u2063 to trust that Republicans would\u2064 never \u2063dare try doing the same. \u2062If\u2062 they\u200c did, \u200cit\u2062 would ruin Democrats&#8217; plot. Alternatively, if \u200dsuch threats\u200c were made good, we should\u2064 expect enough opposition to \u200drender them neutral.<\/p>\n<p>In fairness, \u200ba lot of Republicans \u200dare \u200bnaive morons who time and \u200ctime again respond to Democrats\u200c politically kicking \u200btheir teeth in by saying, &#8220;Well,\u200c if we respond, \u2064we&#8217;re\u200b no better than them.&#8221; So, Stevenson&#8217;s is not a terrible gamble.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8da57bc7453480b20a8ba5d3bdcbb276 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8da57bc7453480b20a8ba5d3bdcbb276\"><\/div>\n<p>But \u2063there&#8217;s a\u2062 long way to go \u2064before the\u200b election. \u2063Attitudes change, and \u2064they will rapidly if\u200c Colorado is\u200b successful and \u2063other Democrat states decide to\u2064 follow the \u200cexample of \u2062unilaterally determining Trump is ineligible \u200dto run for a second term, all because he rejected the accuracy \u200dof \u200celection results (as Democrats do on a \u200croutine basis).<\/p>\n<p>The media&#8217;s fixation \u2063on the Colorado case has focused solely\u200b on the \u2064legal merits of the case, when \u2064the\u200b more urgent matter has \u2063always been not what happens if it&#8217;s ruled legal to keep Trump off a ballot,\u200d but what\u2063 it means for future democratic elections \u200bif he is.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a reason\u2064 until recently it was\u200c not only abnormal \u2063but\u200c unthinkable in America for one political \u2063party to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-disgusted-with-judges-treatment-of-man-who-allegedly-killed-their-kid-in-dui-crash\/\" title=\"Family outraged by judge's handling of DUI crash that claimed their child's life.\">justice\u2064 system<\/a> \u2062to\u2062 exterminate \u200dits opponent.\u200b The reason \u2063is self-evident\u2014 mutually assured destruction.\u2062 If they\u200b can do it to us, we can do it to them. \u2063It&#8217;s what they do in the \u200bCongo and every\u200d other \u2064war-torn\u200d state across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Alito \u2064intentionally invoked that\u200c perilous\u2064 likelihood. Stevenson&#8217;s response \u2014 &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that this court should\u200c take those threats too seriously&#8221; \u2014 showed just how \u2063 <em>seriously<\/em> Democrats\u200d take &#8220;defending\u200b democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9b493d1a8983831b59b833a6fa0a1f24 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9b493d1a8983831b59b833a6fa0a1f24\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what \u200bways does the dismissal\u200c of the suggestion of retaliation by states like Florida, Arizona, and Georgia\u2063 in the case\u200b at the\u2064 Supreme Court undermine the public&#8217;s trust in the electoral \u2062process<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Democrats have been claiming to defend democracy, but their recent actions at the Supreme Court demonstrate otherwise. The\u2064 case in question revolves around whether Colorado \u2064had the right to remove former President Donald Trump&#8217;s name from the 2024 ballot. \u2063During oral arguments, Justice\u200d Samuel Alito posed a hypothetical scenario,\u2062 asking what\u200b would happen \u200dif other states retaliated\u200c by removing Joe Biden from their ballots. This possibility has been suggested by elected \u2062officials in\u2064 at least six states.<\/p>\n<p>The response from Colorado&#8217;s \u200csolicitor\u200b general, Shannon Stevenson,\u200d was both unprepared and revealing. She suggested that we should have faith in our system and trust that\u2064 people will follow their election processes appropriately. She also mentioned that courts will review decisions related to these matters.\u200d However, she dismissively\u200d stated that the court\u2063 should not take these threats seriously in its\u2062 resolution of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Alito\u200b questioned \u200dwhether the suggestion of retaliation by states such\u200d as \u200bFlorida, Arizona, \u200dand Georgia should be considered unfounded. However,\u2063 Stevenson failed to provide a satisfactory\u2062 response. \u2064She simply mentioned that there are institutions in place to \u200chandle such matters, including states, their own\u200c electoral\u2063 rules, administrators who enforce those rules, and courts. In other words,\u200c she seemed to suggest that voters should rely \u200don these\u200b institutions to\u2063 protect\u200c democracy.<\/p>\n<p>However, this argument is flawed. It implies that Democrats are genuinely\u200b concerned about safeguarding democracy, while Republicans would never dare to manipulate\u2062 an election. It ignores the possibility that both parties could engage in\u200c such tactics. If \u200dDemocrats truly cared about democracy, \u2064they would acknowledge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-terrified-after-nyc-college-hired-unhinged-machete-wielding-professor\/\" title=\"NYC college hires dangerous machete-wielding professor, students scared.\">valid\u2063 concerns raised<\/a> by Justice Alito and take them seriously.<\/p>\n<p>This case highlights \u2062the betrayal of\u200d democracy by Democrats. \u2062Their actions only serve to further polarize the nation and weaken the public&#8217;s trust in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">electoral process<\/a>. It is crucial for both \u200cparties to prioritize the integrity of elections and ensure that any attempts to manipulate them are thoroughly\u2064 investigated and addressed. Only then can we have faith in our \u2064democracy and\u200b truly defend \u2064its principles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent incident at the Supreme Court showcased Democrats&#8217; betrayal of &#8220;defending democracy.&#8221; It occurred during the final moments of oral arguments in the Colorado case, which questioned the state&#8217;s authority to remove ex-President Donald Trump&#8217;s name. This exemplifies their hypocrisy and undermines their claims of upholding democratic values<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":2171396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/50410961137_d94646e135_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/50410961137_d94646e135_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2171395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}