Replacing Joe Biden With Kamala Harris On The Democratic Ticket Is Not A ‘Coup’ – Above the Law

Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,

Quote
of
the
Day.

With
news
of
President
Joe
Biden’s
withdrawal
from
the
presidential
race,
some
Republicans
are
claiming
he
cannot
be
removed
from
the
presidential
ballot
in
November
and
in
any
case
it
is
undemocratic
to
do
so.
The
first
claim
is
legally
unsupported
and
the
second
one
is
ludicrous.
I
fully
expect
the
Democrats’
legitimate
nominees
for
president
and
vice
president
to
be
listed
on
the
ballot
in
November.
…

It
takes
a
special
kind
of
chutzpah
for
Trump
supporters
to
say
it’s
a
“coup”
when
Democrats
conduct
a
fair
and
democratic
process
for
replacing
a
withdrawn
candidate.
Trumpists
could
learn
a
lot
about
the
democratic
process
in
watching
what’s
happening
on
the
other
side
of
the
aisle.

—
Professor

Richard
Hasen
of
UCLA
Law,
a
noted
election
law
scholar,
in
a
column
written
for

Slate,
where
he
gently
chides
Republican
detractors’
“legal”
claims
concerning

Joe
Biden’s
decision
to
leave
the
presidential
race
and
his
ultimate
support
for
Vice
President

Kamala
Harris
as
his
successor
nominee
for
the
Democratic
party,
saying,
“Democrats
coming
together
with
a
fair
vote
and
choosing
another
nominee
after
the
leading
candidate
has
withdrawn
is
an
example
of
the
process
working,
not
failing.”

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