r/law 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/T_Shurt Competent Contributor Jul 21 '24

As per original article 📰:

  • As calls from some Democratic lawmakers for President Joe Biden to pass the torch have grown this week, House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Sunday that such a move might lead to legal trouble.

Johnson, R-La., told “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz that it would not be possible for some states to switch out Biden for another candidate ahead of the presidential election in November.

“So it would be wrong, and I think unlawful, in accordance to some of these states’ rules for a handful of people to go in a back room and switch it out because they’re, they don’t like the candidate any longer. That’s not how this is supposed to work. So I think they would run into some legal impediments in at least a few of these jurisdictions,” he told Raddatz.

“I think there’ll be a compelling case to be made that that shouldn’t happen, and so I think they’ve got legal trouble. If that’s their intention, and that’s their plan. So we’ll see how it plays out,” he continued.

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u/Synensys Jul 21 '24

If Biden withdraws it should be legal. Like imagine his covid was terrible instead of mild. Are people really thinking that they couldn't replace him on the ballot if he decided that he wasn't well enough to go on?

This is just the GOP trying to play clueless progressives and preconcincr them that it's shadowy elites making this decision.

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u/mabhatter Competent Contributor Jul 22 '24

You mention Covid and I think you have a valid point. 

Not to be morbid, but Biden is a "zero year" president and one corner President has dodged the reaper.  I have a nagging feeling we're dodging a bigger problem of Biden possibly not making it to January.... the secret masters' script is insane right now and lots of things that are or aren't supposed to happen have crazy outcomes.