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Follow that train of thought out of the station. With either candidate or entity. And then... Directs the military to strike on [target] and the military says

Follow that train of thought out of the station. With either candidate or entity. And then... Directs the military to strike on [target] and the military says "Not my Commander" and no strike is carried out. There is no Coup unless the powers are transferred. It cannot happen.

ceejayoz 2y ago
> 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-coup
drawkward 2y ago
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 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_coup
- readthenotes1 2y ago
  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
  - drawkward 2y ago
    Did the delegates not vote at the Democratic convention?
    - readthenotes1 2y ago
      That's like saying the Chinese had a vote
      - drawkward 2y ago
        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.
  - freeone3000 2y ago
    A candidacy is not an elected position.