According to the New York Times, Donald Trump recently discussed with Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser, the possibility of imposing martial law to overturn the election. Having lost all of his court cases alleging fraud during the presidential election and with the Electoral College having given Joe Biden the majority of electors needed to make him officially President-elect, Trump is at the end of his rope. Or maybe not?
Apparently, in his meeting with Trump and his advisors, Flynn suggested that the President send troops into the swing states which he lost to Biden in November and have the military basically rerun an election in each of those states. If true, the proposal would represent the or speech inciting rebellion against the legitimate authority of a state. Insurrection is a violent uprising against authority and coup is a sudden violent seizure of power from a government. Even the mere contemplation of such an act by the Commander-in-Chief is alien to Americans, particularly as one of the military’s principal responsibilities is to defend the constitution of the United most drastic and unconscionable move by Trump up until now. All kinds of thoughts come to mind, comprised of concepts such as sedition, insurrection and coup. Sedition is defined as conduct States.
The next stage in the election timetable is when the House and Senate hold a joint session to count the electoral votes, with the hearing presided over by Vice-President Mike Pence. This is normally a formality, although some Republicans may like to challenge the result through a debate in both chambers. Such a challenge has no chance of succeeding. To all intents and purposes, President-elect Biden now represents the new head of government, only to be inaugurated. The inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021 as the 46th president of the United States will mark the commencement of his four-year term president and Kamala Harris as the vice-president. Democracy will live on in the U.S. despite Trump’s desire to undermine it.
According to the New York Times, Trump also weighed appointing Sidney Powell as special counsel within the White House to investigate voter fraud. Ms. Powell promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines. Several lawsuits related to election fraud filed by Ms. Powell have been tossed out of court. In addition, legal action has been launched by Dominion Voting Systems against Ms. Powell over her baseless claims about its voting machines. In both of the above irrational proposals, the President was advised that he had no constitutional authority for what was being discussed and any subsequent appointment could not be affiliated with the Justice Department. Thus, such an appointment would be meaningless.
All this to say that Donald Trump is now treading on thin ice! Any proposal for military action by Trump should be considered as an act of sedition. What Trump should be doing is simply offering his concession and helping to plan the transition to a new administration, like his modern predecessors before him. American democracy demands it!
FROLITICKS 
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