The Daily Beast reports the Republican Party could dump Donald Trump “by declaring him unfit for office, reconvening, and nominating someone else. But it would get messier depending on how long they wait.”
“If Trump withdraws, there’s really no problem, legally speaking, even at the last minute. While his name would be on the ballot, electors would vote for the party’s actual nominee, or courts would declare Trump no longer the ‘candidate.’ All this, of course, is unprecedented. And obviously, the political upheaval would be far more significant than the legal provisions in play.”
Said Stanford law professor Nathaniel Persily: “It’s not likely. But who thought that Trump was likely?”
Rick Hasen: What if Trump drops out?
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