{"id":29884,"date":"2020-11-04T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=29884"},"modified":"2021-01-08T18:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T23:18:27","slug":"constitutional-expert-lays-out-president-trumps-legal-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2020\/11\/04\/constitutional-expert-lays-out-president-trumps-legal-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional expert lays out President Trump’s legal options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Beau Zimmer
WTSP<\/em>
Nov. 4, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stetson University constitutional law expert Louis Virelli<\/a> has been following the election closely and had a strong reaction to the president\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the nicest thing to say about it is that it was really disappointing,\u201d Virelli said. \u201cTo accuse the elections officials of the country of presiding over a false election is a serious accusation that requires some evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not to say that the Trump legal team can\u2019t challenge the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey can ask for a recount, they can challenge the legitimacy of certain ballots but they can\u2019t stop anything in the sense that state election officials count the votes and it will be certified eventually sometime next week,\u201d Virelli said, noting it\u2019s the same process that happens every election. \u201cWhat they can try to do is change the number of votes that are actually going to be certified and change them in a way that will result in them having more votes than their opponent. You would have to have some claim for why certain ballots were inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was originally published on the WTSP website on Nov. 4, 2020, with the headline, “Constitutional expert lays out President Trump’s legal options<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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