{"id":32298,"date":"2021-02-28T21:26:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T03:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=32298"},"modified":"2021-02-28T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T03:26:07","slug":"its-really-just-navel-gazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/02\/28\/its-really-just-navel-gazing\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Really Just Navel Gazing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or, in other words, We’re just so self-centered and self-important that we’ll blow up the system that gave us power in order to keep power<\/em>:<\/p>\n

A Republican lawmaker wants to allow the Arizona Legislature to overturn the results of a presidential election, even after the count is formally certified by the governor and secretary of state \u2014 and even after Congress counts the state\u2019s electors.<\/p>\n

The proposal by Rep. Shawnna Bolick of Phoenix contains a series of provisions designed to make it easier for those unhappy with elections to go to court.<\/p>\n

Included would be allowing challengers to demand a jury trial and, more to the point, barring a trial judge or an appellate court from throwing out the case, even for lack of evidence, before the jurors get to rule.<\/p>\n

That would affect the rules of court procedures that are set up and overseen by the Arizona Supreme Court, on which her husband, Clint Bolick, serves.<\/p>\n

But the most sweeping provision would say that, regardless of any other law, the Legislature retains ultimate authority in deciding who the state\u2019s presidential electors are.<\/p>\n

And it would spell out that lawmakers, by a simple majority, could revoke the formal certification of the election results and substitute their own decision at any time right up to the day a new president is inaugurated. [tuscon.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps that should be rephrased Voters are just too stupid for words and we’re going to take away their rights if we deem them to make an irresponsible decision!<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, King George<\/del> Queen Shawnna!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope – I don’t live in Arizona, nor know anyone currently living there, so I can’t really guess – that local voters will take one look at this proposal to deprive them of their fundamental right to choose their leaders and boost them right out of their seats – not just Bolick, but each and every Republican who votes for or even makes approving noises about this proposed legislation.<\/p>\n

And where did this particular idiot grow up, anyway?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Or, in other words, We’re just so self-centered and self-important that we’ll blow up the system that gave us power in order to keep power: A Republican lawmaker wants to allow the Arizona Legislature to overturn the results of a presidential election, even after the count is formally certified by \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32299,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32298\/revisions\/32299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}