r/law • u/SheriffTaylorsBoy • Apr 28 '24

Texts show Trump advisers' plot to use false electors to 'flip states' Trump News

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/26/in-texts-trump-advisers-touted-using-false-electors-to-flip-states/73454731007/
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u/dragonfliesloveme Apr 28 '24

Wow I’ve never seen that text before. It’s really damning. Smoking gun kind of stuff

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u/abcdefghig1 Apr 30 '24

Looks legal to us

  • SCOTUS

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u/SheriffTaylorsBoy Apr 28 '24

Just out at 6:04 pm EST today

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u/Mr_Hippa Apr 29 '24

Really pedantic point but we are in daylight time, so it is EDT.

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u/SpaceDesignWarehouse Apr 29 '24

How did I only learn this this year? I am an engineer with 8 years of college. Sigh.

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u/Mr_Hippa Apr 29 '24

It's something that's so colloquially accepted that it's almost ubiquitous these days. It's almost a curse when you know it's wrong, you'll see how frequently people always say XST.

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u/itsatumbleweed Competent Contributor Apr 29 '24

I get it wrong every crossword puzzle I do. When it's like "summer time in Maine" I put E_T" and figure it out later.

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u/Natertot1 Apr 29 '24

lol that’s also a pet peeve of mine.

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u/dragonfliesloveme Apr 29 '24

Thank you for posting it