We have lived under a gentlemen's agreement that no one is going to push this nuclear button and blow up the whole thing. These rules were written in the days where this made sense.
What if is there is a massive natural disaster, or an inability to deliver the actual votes for certification? The state legislatures would take over to make sure that *a* vote is made.
That was in the pre-shame world, where everyone understood the consequences of doing the unthinkable. Republicans have pretty much decided that the system has run its course. They *want* to end it.
The U.S. Constitution does a good job of assuming the imperfectness of men, but the Founders never let their imagination go deep into the gutter, where we are.
We have lived under a gentlemen's agreement that no one is going to push this nuclear button and blow up the whole thing. These rules were written in the days where this made sense.
What if is there is a massive natural disaster, or an inability to deliver the actual votes for certification? The state legislatures would take over to make sure that *a* vote is made.
That was in the pre-shame world, where everyone understood the consequences of doing the unthinkable. Republicans have pretty much decided that the system has run its course. They *want* to end it.
The U.S. Constitution does a good job of assuming the imperfectness of men, but the Founders never let their imagination go deep into the gutter, where we are.