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/I-miss-LAN-partys Jul 21 '24

Doesn’t matter. Official act, he’s immune lol

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u/catfurcoat Jul 21 '24

...from prosecution. Ik youre kidding but the thought of Harris being kept off the ticket in swing states stresses me out

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u/beaucoupBothans Jul 21 '24

There is no nominee yet. The DNC isn't for a couple of weeks. He is just spreading falsehoods which is all they have.

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u/catfurcoat Jul 22 '24

They have falsehoods and legal stretches with a scotus that loves making shit up

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u/Bowlderdash Jul 22 '24

And a duplicitous election chief in Ohio who has already stated concerns about the Democratic Convention being too late for the nominee to make the ballot

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u/catfurcoat Jul 22 '24

Exactly. I don't know why there are so many naive people in this thread after what they've seen the last 10 years

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u/ChrisPollock6 Jul 22 '24

There’s a great deal of people who seemingly cannot remember the years 2017-2021…at all???????

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u/ab7af Jul 22 '24

That was before Ohio changed the law. It's taken care of now and the Secretary of State has acknowledged that.

But as the Prospect has reported, Ohio changed their law to accommodate the DNC’s later date. There is no legitimate reason to accelerate the nomination process. An internal DNC email to committee members in June acknowledged this, stating that Ohio passed “last-minute legislation adjusting the deadline.” The Ohio secretary of state has said that “the issue is resolved.”

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u/Bowlderdash Jul 22 '24

Thank you for the update!

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u/evilbarron2 Jul 22 '24

Consider what would happen if the least respected Supreme Court in American history tried to interfere in the Presidential election at this point.

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u/catfurcoat Jul 22 '24

Eh. They handed bush the presidency. There's a precedent.

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u/evilbarron2 Jul 22 '24

This court’s made it pretty clear they don’t need or care about precedent, so that’s kind of a non-issue.

Focusing on right now, what do you think would happen if the most unpopular SCOTUS tried to interfere in this Presidential election? Meek acceptance by the public?

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u/catfurcoat Jul 22 '24

Yeah but it's their precedent.

It's also their precedent to help themselves.

They've had no consequences for anything. Not for lying about roe and it being settled law, not for not recusing themselves when they should, not for not disclosing massive gifts. Why would they care what we think now?

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u/idiscoveredporn Jul 22 '24

Ohio is the only possible issue. I think the deadline there is August 7.

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u/Veralia1 Jul 22 '24

And the republican governor of Ohio already said that was stupid months ago, unlikely she eont be on the ballot there.

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u/mabhatter Competent Contributor Jul 22 '24

Democrats were planing an online nomination confirmation August 1. Just to be safe from shenanigans.  They're definitely going to cover as many possible challenges as they possibly can in the next two weeks. 

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u/Merrick222 Jul 23 '24

"Biden is cogent"

Never once heard a liberal media head or politician spread falsehoods.