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The plan was for Alito and/or Thomas to delay certification long enough for the matter to be turned over to the states:
Mueller, She Wrote
@MuellerSheWrote
Remember when John Eastman admitted his proposals to nullify the 2020 election would lose at SCOTUS 7-2?
The 2 were Thomas (atop the 11th circuit where they filed a lawsuit in Georgia) and Alito (atop the 5th circuit where they filed a lawsuit in Texas).
That's according to under-oath testimony from Pence's lawyer.
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But McConnell and Pelosi screwed up that plan by certifyng the election with Mike Pence present later that night after the insurrectionists were cleared out:
Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
This new interview by Powell is interesting. It suggests that the purpose of the insurrection was to DELAY the electoral college certification to give Alito time to intervene on this legal challenge. But, Powell says they didn't anticipate Pelosi reconvening Congress that day.
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"Just a reminder that even should ------- lose the election, inevitably a Republican president will win, whether 2028 or 2032 or 2036
At that point, they will enact a nationwide abortion ban, either legislatively or through executive action or through enforcement of the Comstock Act."
According to this article, with the current SC, it could happen without an act of CongressL
It wouldn't take an act of Congress for the fetal-personhood movement to clinch a federal victory, either. If a case were brought to the Supreme Court, a conservative majority might look to state laws treating embryos as people around the country and conclude that America has a "history and tradition" of recognizing fetal rights. If they do, women all across the United States would be in the same position that women in Alabama are in today.
A second Trump turn will certainly seal the deal and sped up the process, but the first Trump term is proving much more costly than most people naively believed would be possible when they voted for him in 2016.