Sen. Tom Cotton has been and is catching flak from some conservatives for not joining the fight to overturn the presidential election results.
"Nevertheless, the Founders entrusted our elections chiefly to the states -- not Congress. They entrusted the election of our president to the people, acting through the Electoral College -- not Congress. And they entrusted the adjudication of election disputes to the courts -- not Congress. Under the Constitution and federal law, Congress's power is limited to counting electoral votes submitted by the states." – Sen. Tom Cotton, (R.- Ark.), quoted at Ace of Spades Headquarters.
Sen. Cotton is right. For Congress to even consider stepping in is an attempt at destroying separation of powers.
Why do some conservatives
rage against congressional interference, but beat their chests and drums,
demanding such interference in states' matters when things don't go their way?
Was there election fraud? Maybe. But for Congress to step in and use some
nebulous power to change election results reported by states would be a greater
abuse of power than George 3 or Parliament ever considered.
That "nebulous power" you refer to is called the Constitution of the United States of America and Sen. Cotton is not right. The Constitution gives the Congress the authority to decide contested elections - not the Court.
ReplyDeleteFor your edification: There is a paragraph by paragraph explanation of the 12th Amendment posted at the link. The Court system is not mentioned.
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No, I am right.
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