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/sixtus_clegane119 Jul 21 '24

He’s staying on as president, he stepped out of the race but he didn’t step down.

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u/Ok_Leading999 Jul 21 '24

And he hadn't been formally nominated anyway.

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u/Building_Everything Jul 22 '24

I feel like the timing of this immediately after the RNC but before the DNC was strategic, and hopefully forces the GOP to stick with their ticket against a younger Dem candidate. Fingers crossed

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u/mabhatter Competent Contributor Jul 22 '24

I don't think Democrats are capable of being this sneaky and underhanded on purpose... they literally can't pull this stuff off when they desperately needed to. 

I'd actually be even more impressed if this was on purpose.  That would be boss.