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2016 Postmortem

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

8. Congress is the remedy

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 07:57 PM

Dec 2016

It's not possible to keep Trump out of the White House. Congress was envisioned as the bulwark against an unfit president. So the best course of action is to petition Congress to oppose, investigate and ultimately impeach Trump.

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SCOTUS: Invalidate Election Results Of 2016 - Order A New Election [View all] iluvtennis Dec 2016 OP

FFS, do they even teach anything resembling civics Kotya Dec 2016 #1

This is an option of the people. To petition the government to address shraby Dec 2016 #2

I suppose if it makes people feel better, what's the harm? Kotya Dec 2016 #3

I'm all about petitioning the government SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #4

Exactly, if the people, in their infinite wisdom, wish to petition the government to address tritsofme Dec 2016 #7

A petition. Maybe a lawsuit can change something if there is evidence. Coyotl Dec 2016 #5

The Constitution gives Congress the ability to resolve disputed elections, courts would never and tritsofme Dec 2016 #6

Congress is the remedy marylandblue Dec 2016 #8