return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoBiden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running'www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down119
arrow-up1371arrow-down1external-linkBiden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running'www.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoTo add in, the court didn’t have the authority to intervene. Congress is supposed to decide elections that are tied or otherwise in doubt. And didn’t Gore actually win the recount after all was said and done?
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months ago And didn’t Gore actually win the recount after all was said and done? Yes but he conceded before then.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoConcessions don’t have legal force. The legal force is the state secretary. Or SCOTUS giving itself power.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·11 months agoRight but everything moved forward once he conceded.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoNope he conceded on December 13. They day after SCOTUS overruled the state supreme court and every federal court under them.
To add in, the court didn’t have the authority to intervene. Congress is supposed to decide elections that are tied or otherwise in doubt.
And didn’t Gore actually win the recount after all was said and done?
Yes but he conceded before then.
Concessions don’t have legal force. The legal force is the state secretary. Or SCOTUS giving itself power.
Right but everything moved forward once he conceded.
Nope he conceded on December 13. They day after SCOTUS overruled the state supreme court and every federal court under them.