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What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law

Lame Duck

What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law

Roman Mars

Government

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In late November, most states have certified the Presidential election for Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris. But Donald Trump continues to deny the results of the election and insist (without a shred evidence) that he lost because of voter fraud. What does the constitution have to say about the transfer of power? What if Donald Trump fails to concede? What does the constitution say about the period of time after an incumbent loses but remains in power?

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0:00.0

So where do you want to start today?

0:02.0

All right, well why don't we kind of check in, it's been a little bit, right?

0:06.0

Yeah.

0:07.0

So where are we?

0:08.0

Election day happened.

0:10.0

It did.

0:11.0

It did.

0:12.0

And it was remarkably free of all of the major problems that people worried about, the practical things.

0:18.5

The banner headline at the top of today's print edition of the New York Times election officials nationwide

0:24.1

no evidence of voter fraud. Rather, quote, top election officials across the country said in interviews

0:29.5

and statements that the process had been remarkably successful.

0:33.0

Even though we're in a middle of a pandemic

0:36.0

and millions of American voters cast their ballots by mail

0:40.0

or early for the very first time,

0:42.0

we didn't have any of the stuff people worried about.

0:44.8

No major violence, no huge numbers of ballot errors, no hanging chat kind of problem, remember,

0:51.3

from the election of 2000.

0:53.4

Of course, yeah.

0:54.4

Nothing like that.

0:55.3

So, you know, a big sigh of relief for lots of reasons.

1:00.0

As predicted, the definitive results for the presidency

1:04.9

were not known on November 3rd,

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