Johnson Threatens Lawsuits To Keep Biden On Ballot

CNN reports:

Legal challenges to Democrats’ move to nominate a new presidential candidate in the wake of President Joe Biden’s unprecedented decision to drop out of the 2024 race stand little likelihood of success, election law experts told CNN. Donald Trump allies have discussed the legal implications of removing Biden from the ballot, and whether or not they have grounds to challenge the issue,

“Joe Biden was chosen after a long, small-d democratic process by 14 million people,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “It will be very interesting to see if the so-called party of democracy, the Democrats, go into a backroom somewhere and switch it out and put someone else on the top of the ticket. It will be litigated, I expect, on the grounds there.”

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First, you are an insurrectionist.

Second, if your lawyers are telling you that they can prevent the DNC from nominating its candidate of choice, they are idiots. I know a lot about that, since I beat them more than 60x in court after the 2020 election. https://t.co/L27kmKCvqy

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 22, 2024