Follow that train of thought out of the station. With either candidate or entity...

ceejayoz · 2024-10-23T17:00:06 1729702806

> the military says "Not my Commander"

The President remains Commander in Chief for several months, from November until late January.

(And now enjoys absolute immunity for official acts performed under that hat.)

In such a case, it'd be a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-coup

drawkward · 2024-10-23T16:59:08 1729702748

Trump tried it already. I couldn't envision Harris even attempting it.

Not all coups are military.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_coup

readthenotes1 · 2024-10-23T19:19:38 1729711178

Harris doesn't need to "attempt it", she somehow became the Democratic choice without a single vote for her, replacing the man who said it'd be ridiculous after all the millions of votes he got

freeone3000 · 2024-10-23T20:48:32 1729716512

A candidacy is not an elected position.

drawkward · 2024-10-23T20:14:58 1729714498

Did the delegates not vote at the Democratic convention?

readthenotes1 · 2024-10-24T23:30:21 1729812621

That's like saying the Chinese had a vote

drawkward · 2024-10-25T13:19:30 1729862370

Like it or not (I don't!), primaries are internal functions of membership organizations. The law has found this again and again. In these contests, it is the party delegates who are given the right to choose the party nominee.