I received today another reminder why I should vote for Donald Trump for President of the US.
I said NO!
See below, "The Supreme Court".
My Response:
Yes, I know.
I also know it isn't November. I know the R / D delegates haven't voted yet.
There is a chance that we could get a nominee for POTUS that won't be a bully and a dictator. There is a chance the other side won't pick a corrupt liberal.
While the 12th Amendment nearly got rid of the Electoral College, it didn't entirely. One state (or more) going with a 3rd candidate could cause neither R or D to get 270 electoral votes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)
We could, this year, get an L or C or an unaffiliated POTUS if the R / D pick Trump/Clinton and neither party gets 270 Electoral Votes.
You want me to vote for Trump because at one moment he might suggest a good SCOTUS nominee?
What will he suggest the next moment? What fundamental right will he decide is in his way? He can't even keep a promise to debate Bernie.
Trump has changed his mind on any issue because he has only one principle.
Power, Greed, Self.
Trump would bomb your house with no trial if he doesn't like your nephew. He doesn't believe in the 2nd Amendment unless it helps him that minute.
Good luck with that.
Fred
From the email sent to me:
The Supreme Court
A lot of people have brought up the fact that they won't vote for Trump, IF he's the eventual nominee.
I just want to put something in perspective.
Justice Scalia's seat is vacant. Ginsberg is 82 years old, Kennedy is 79, Breyer is 77, and Thomas is 67.
Nowadays, the data shows that the average age of a Supreme Court retirement or death occurs after 75.
These are 5 vacancies that will likely come up over the next 4-8 years. The next President will have the power to potentially create a 7-2 Supreme Court skewed in their ideology.
Think about that... 7-2.
If the next President appoints 5 young justices, it will guarantee control of the Supreme Court for an entire generation, and 7-2 decisions will hold up much more over time than 5-4 decisions, which sure seemed to be lacking in mandate.
Hillary has made it clear she will use the Supreme Court to go after the 2nd Amendment. She has literally said that the Supreme Court was wrong in its Heller decision, stating that the Court should overturn and remove the individual right to keep and bear arms. Period.
Everyone saying that they won't vote for one candidate or the other if they are the GOP nominee, please realize this!
If Hillary Clinton wins, and gets to make these appointments, you likely will never see another Conservative victory at the Supreme Court level, for the rest of your life!
More on the Electoral College:
If we don't get 270 votes, it goes to the US House of Representatives, one vote per state from the top 3. Who is the 3rd candidate going to be If they can't get a majority? We may get the VP Candidate voted on from the US Senate.
While this was for a different purpose, it has some good info:
http://fredcox4utah.blogspot.com/2011/11/national-popular-vote-compact.html
What we have now with the 12th Amendment:
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by
ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall
not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name
in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct
ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make
distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons
voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which
lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of
the government of the United States, directed to the President of the
Senate.
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of
the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and
the votes shall then be counted.
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President,
if
such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed;
and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the
highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as
President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by
ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be
taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote;
a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from
two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be
necessary to a choice.
And if the House of Representatives shall not
choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them,
before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President
shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other
constitutional disability of the President.
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President,
if
such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed,
and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on
the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for
the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators,
and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But
no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall
be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
From the 20th Amendment for the section crossed out above:
20th
Amendment "Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the
term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice
President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have
been chosen before the time fixed for the
beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to
qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a
President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for
the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect
shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the
manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person
shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have
qualified."
IF the House fails to pick as President and the Senate fails to pick a Vice President, then under:
3 USC 19: Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act
(a)(1)
If, by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, inability, or
failure to qualify, there is neither a President nor Vice President to
discharge the powers and duties of the office of
President, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, upon
his resignation as Speaker and as Representative in Congress, act as
President.
Utah Candidates:
By the way, in Utah, someone can run as a write-in candidate for POTUS, but they must file by September 9th. It doesn't cost. You could, if you qualify.
To show up on the ballot as an unaffilated candidate for POTUS, The filing must be received by August 15th with $500 and 1000 signatures. You can't just write in anyone on your ballot and have it count.
From the Lt. Gov.
Candidates who do not wish to affiliate with a ballot-approved
political party may appear on the ballot by submitting a petition.
Candidates for the office of President or US Senator must submit a
petition with the signatures of at least 1,000 registered Utah voters. The names on the petition must be verified by
the county clerk(s) as registered voters.
Presidential candidates (or a designated agent) must
file the petition and a certificate of nomination between March 11, 2016
and 5pm on August 15, 2016. Unaffiliated candidates are required to pay the same filing fees as all other federal office candidates.
Write-in Candidates
To become a valid write-in candidate for a federal office, an
individual must file a Declaration of Write-In Candidacy no later than
5pm on September 9, 2016. Individuals filing for President may have a
designated agent file for them.
Federal office candidates must file the declaration in person with
the Lt. Governor's Office. Write-in candidates must meet the
qualifications required for the federal office they are seeking. Filing
the Declaration of Write-In Candidacy means that write-in votes for the
candidate will be counted. The candidate's name will not appear on the
ballot.
Other Candidate Options:
If Austin Petersen wins at convention this weekend:
http://austinpetersen2016.com/
Also, don't forget we have a Utahn running for VP.
http://castle2016.com/
And don't forget those that have filed as write-in candidates:
https://elections.utah.gov/election-resources/2016-candidate-filings#Federal
