@AryehCW re: recent Bloggingheads, it's wrong that party process is strictly dictated by rules and not law. Rule and law are interwoven.
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Delegates are bound by state statute to vote for Trump on the first ballot in many cases. See, for example, AZ. cc
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AZ delegates who vote contrary to the primary election results on the first ballot commit a misdemeanor.
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THIS IS NOT A PREDICTION, but: In theory, couldn't the rules be changed to discount their votes?
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In theory, yeah, I guess so. Theoretically they could also require that delegates dance the Macarena.
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Replying to @notjessewalker @mtracey and
Anyway—the point is that the rulemakers CAN route around a lotta limits that, for obvious reasons, they won't.
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Yeah they can, but my point was that there are legal hurdles as well as procedural hurdles.
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And that Macarena moment was our Republic at its most pure.
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Macarena/Kasich 2016
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