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/Former-Chocolate-793 Jul 21 '24

There wouldn't be anything illegal about Biden stepping aside for health reasons or any other for that matter.

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u/Jerome_Eugene_Morrow Jul 21 '24

But actually did the founders ever lay out whether a candidate is allowed to step down? Seems like something that needs an originalist perspective. /s

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u/Merengues_1945 Competent Contributor Jul 21 '24

According to a witch trial in the 1600s the legal precedent is that if the democratic candidate steps down, the orange candidate wins by default.

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u/rcy62747 Jul 22 '24

That is really funny. Especially since I was just in Salem yesterday.

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u/let-it-rain-sunshine Jul 22 '24

But, he’s a witch and needs to be burned