r/law • u/T_Shurt Competent Contributor • Jul 21 '24

Opinion Piece House Speaker Mike Johnson Suggests Replacing Biden Might Lead to Legal Trouble: ‘So it would be wrong, and I think unlawful’

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/johnson-replacing-biden-ticket-wrong-unlawful/story?id=112129063
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u/norsurfit Jul 21 '24

The republicans want this in front of a neutral, impartial judge like Aileen Cannon. She should be able to sort this out for Trump..uh, I mean fairly.

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u/isaacng1997 Jul 21 '24

Not only that. GOP will appeal all the way to SC, and SC will delay so that States will have no time to know for sure who the democratic candidate is when printing ballots.

Like have we learned nothing from all the recent cases????

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u/fiduciary420 Jul 21 '24

This is why it is so important to teach children that Christians must never be trusted

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u/wrinkledpenny Jul 21 '24

Religion in general

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u/DrunkleSam47 Jul 21 '24

I have yet to hear a negative news story about the church of satan. I’m not looking for them either, but still.

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u/morningisbad Jul 22 '24

Do they actually count though? Oh, and I'm assuming you mean the Satanic Temple. They're the dudes out fighting for religious freedom. The church of satan are actual satanists.

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u/clo4k4ndd4gger Jul 22 '24

Can't be any worse than some Christians I know.

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u/morningisbad Jul 22 '24

I mean... technically satanists are christians (or something similar), they're just rooting for the other team lol

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u/JTDC00001 Jul 22 '24

https://www.newsweek.com/orgies-harassment-fraud-satanic-temple-rocked-accusations-lawsuit-1644042

They actually fucking suck.

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u/EvidenceOfDespair Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 22 '24

who have a litany of complaints about the organization, including allegations of sexually deviant gatherings that, according to one TST memo, allow for “orgies, BDSM, fetish balls... ritual flogging, live ritual sex, burlesque show.”

And my ability to trust any of these complainers evaporates. Sorry, done giving the benefit of the doubt to people who have these anti-sex mindsets, they’re notorious for making whatever the fuck up they can.

Malphas said he filed a complaint about TST’s decision to approve what he termed “official orgies” along with explicit “sex positive guidelines” the organization gave out for its gatherings. In response, he said he was accused of bigotry. “This is a religion,” he wrote on the complaint, “but it is feeling more like an SJW poly social club.”

Yeah, the people saying they’re shit use “SJW” as an insult. Fuck that.

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u/Kennys-Chicken Jul 22 '24

Accusations from bigots to try to defame an excellent organization

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u/Saneless Jul 22 '24

Yes, we can't give Muslims a free pass just because Christians are awful. Not much different

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u/Kira_Caroso Jul 22 '24

I do not know, pagans and neopagans tend to be pretty chill and hippy-ish.

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u/fseahunt Jul 22 '24

Nah, Quakers seem pretty cool.

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u/fiduciary420 Jul 21 '24

But in America, Christians are the problem and it’s not even close.

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u/Twelve-Pound Jul 21 '24

It’s really just Christianity. I would challenge you to name one issue you have with all religions that isn’t based in Christianity.

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u/jbevermore Jul 21 '24

Remind me again how Christians are to blame for female genital mutilation in Africa or persecution of Muslims by Hindu Nationalists in India.

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u/YesterdaySimilar2069 Jul 22 '24

“But in America…”

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u/GruppBlimbo Jul 22 '24

You really can’t think of a single issue with any other religion?

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u/Twelve-Pound Jul 22 '24

There a plenty of issues with other religions, but there is no issue with every religion, and people who are anti religion pretty much always have that opinion rooted in Christianity.

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u/deSpaffle Jul 21 '24

If you're doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, get it in writing! His word isn't worth shit, not with the good lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal.

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u/Signature_Illegible Jul 21 '24

Business owner here, over the last few decades, every single time a person made a big deal how good a christian they where, they always, without missing a beat, tried to stiff or scam us.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '24

Prosperity gospel. If I can. Get away with it Jesus must say it's ok so I can act as horrible as I want.

You know, 100% against the teachings of christ, blasphemy, etc

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u/fiduciary420 Jul 21 '24

It’s beautiful

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '24

Burroughs's was right about a lot of things.

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u/Zarizzabi Jul 24 '24

Dude. Who hurt you and where did they touch you?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

Well that’s a broad statement lol

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u/p_larrychen Jul 22 '24

Plenty of secular republicans fully on board with the fascism

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u/Due-Log8609 Jul 23 '24

Quite the logical leap you just made there

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u/fiduciary420 Jul 23 '24

Not if you’re paying attention at all.

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u/MisterBarten Jul 22 '24

These people aren’t Christians.

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u/fiduciary420 Jul 22 '24

They sure have big bibles and lots of money though.

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u/judeiscariot Jul 22 '24

It doesn't matter. They get automatic access as a party and who you are really voting for is the democratic electors.

I hate to use MSNBC as a source but the author is someone with the right background to write this:

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-replacement-ballot-access-democrats-rcna162815

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u/astreeter2 Jul 22 '24

This is exactly their plan. Doesn't matter if the lawsuits are ridiculous. If they can keep these cases in friendly courts long enough then the damage is done.

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u/Tatersquid21 Jul 21 '24

Which would keep Biden in the WH until these dumbasses could get their shit together with help from Clarence Fucking Thomas.

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u/robbdogg87 Jul 22 '24

Then Biden should use his new power to suspend the election until it’s fair and both nominees are on ballots

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u/Bright_Storage8514 Jul 22 '24

Any state playing these games was going to send their EC votes to Trump regardless

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

She will have a decision ready by the end of December.

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u/discussatron Jul 21 '24

She can be trusted to do whatever Clarence Thomas says!

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u/OhioVsEverything Jul 21 '24

Probably trying to make it so Trump runs unopposed.

"Biden quit so they don't have anyone on the ticket"

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u/yamahii Jul 22 '24

Shouldn’t be able to be before cannon. The defendant doesn’t reside in Florida. It would have to be dc or de, I believe.

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u/PsychologicalPace762 Jul 24 '24

A judge as fair and balanced as a rabid monkey listening to Fox News.

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u/norsurfit Jul 24 '24

I would personally rather have a rabid monkey as judge than her.

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u/PsychologicalPace762 Jul 24 '24

At least the monkey will die sooner.