PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL - Brief notes on President of the Senate strategy
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Unfortunately, as mentioned in my text, I lost the several-page memo I had nearly finished due to a reboot on the hotel computer.
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live with the result as long as there is a serious look
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The Republicans used this argument in 1877 as leverage, and with it managed to get an election commission created which elected Hayes. Republicans shou ld use ii again .
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to cause the first break with the procedures set out in the Electoral Count Act.
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rejecting the role of presiding officer imposed by the Electoral Count Act.
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not bet on a majority of the Court siding with the President of the Senate
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In this situation, which would seem messy and unpalatable
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it doesn’t seem fanciful to think that Trump and Pence would end up winning the vote after some legislatures appoint electors
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“political question” doctrine