Bret Chiafalo had his bags packed in the weeks following the 2016 U.S. presidential election. If somehow his gambit worked and Donald Trump were blocked from officially being declared the winner, the information technology specialist from Washington state figured all hell might break loose.
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2020. Picture taken May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Will Dunham
Chiafalo is now at the heart of one of two closely watched cases being argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that will determine whether electors have the constitutional right to exercise independence and defy the will of the voters - a question touching upon the integrity of American democracy.
“They this would start a civil war, that I’d be the first one on the pike, sexual assault threats against my family,” Chiafalo said in an interview. “At the end of the day I believed I was doing the right thing for us and standing up for the Constitution.” Baca, a high school teacher now living in Las Vegas, blamed the scheme’s failure on fear of potential violence and other unknowns if their plan succeeded.
“These 538 individuals are empowered to implement the people’s will, not to thwart it,” Ferguson said in court papers. A swing of 10 electors - the number of faithless electors in 2016 - would have changed the outcome of five of the 58 prior U.S. presidential elections.
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