Republicans Are Trying to Repeal the 20th Century, Reagan Lawyer Warns
Repubs aren't fooling anyone.
"Unions, religion, second amendment, abortion, campaign finance, gerrymandering, regulation of elections. All this is an attempt in the last ten years or so to repeal the 20th century," Fried wrote in the email. "The greatest threat next term: the 'independent legislature clause' case from North Carolina which would produce a slow-motion coup d'état."
"What the court is going to have next term, they're gonna start in the fall on this issue and that is, when a state legislature picks electors, the state supreme court cannot do anything about it, because the constitution says that the regulation of electors is supposed to be done by the independent legislature," he explained. "Now, for decades, that has been understood to mean the whole legislative process in a state which includes, of course, the state supreme court."
"North Carolina, which is the case involved, is a hideously [example of] gerrymandering," Fried said. "The population is half registered Republican, half registered Democrat, but its 13-person congressional delegation is 10 Republicans, three Democrats."
"And when the head of the legislative committee was asked, 'How did you do that? How come you did this?' 'Because we couldn't think of any way to get just two Democrats'," Fried said. "Now, this is what would be the coup d'état, because these gerrymandered state legislatures in all of the swing states – Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia — would then be able to send...the electors they choose, not the electors chosen by the people. and there is nothing that could be done about it."
Fried concluded his point by referencing former President Donald Trump and the power these state legislatures could manipulate.
"Of course, you see why that is a coup d'état because another Donald Trump, who in fact loses the election, could end up being elected because of these state legislatures, as they have been prompted, to do. They tried it this year."
Repubs aren't fooling anyone.
"Unions, religion, second amendment, abortion, campaign finance, gerrymandering, regulation of elections. All this is an attempt in the last ten years or so to repeal the 20th century," Fried wrote in the email. "The greatest threat next term: the 'independent legislature clause' case from North Carolina which would produce a slow-motion coup d'état."
"What the court is going to have next term, they're gonna start in the fall on this issue and that is, when a state legislature picks electors, the state supreme court cannot do anything about it, because the constitution says that the regulation of electors is supposed to be done by the independent legislature," he explained. "Now, for decades, that has been understood to mean the whole legislative process in a state which includes, of course, the state supreme court."
"North Carolina, which is the case involved, is a hideously [example of] gerrymandering," Fried said. "The population is half registered Republican, half registered Democrat, but its 13-person congressional delegation is 10 Republicans, three Democrats."
"And when the head of the legislative committee was asked, 'How did you do that? How come you did this?' 'Because we couldn't think of any way to get just two Democrats'," Fried said. "Now, this is what would be the coup d'état, because these gerrymandered state legislatures in all of the swing states – Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia — would then be able to send...the electors they choose, not the electors chosen by the people. and there is nothing that could be done about it."
Fried concluded his point by referencing former President Donald Trump and the power these state legislatures could manipulate.
"Of course, you see why that is a coup d'état because another Donald Trump, who in fact loses the election, could end up being elected because of these state legislatures, as they have been prompted, to do. They tried it this year."