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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 25 Jun 2016
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    Virginia GOP delegate says the Civil Rights Act of 1871 grants him the right to not vote for Trump at the conventionhttp://www.richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/article_db9224a3-abc4-5719-ab79-ab7924250a25.html …

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    • Pessimist David Abberton 🌃 𝘞𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭 🌹 Alan Smithee 🌹Love Is Strength🌹
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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 25 Jun 2016
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        He's challenging the constitutionality of the requirement

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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 25 Jun 2016
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        Voluntarily entering into an arrangement doesn't preclude one from arguing that the arrangement has unconstitutional features.

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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 25 Jun 2016
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        Yeah, that's laid out in the lawsuit. Not sure what to make of it.

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      2. Alan Smithee‏ @ActualFlatticus 25 Jun 2016
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        Oh, he put that in there, I see. That's a catchall. 42 USC 1983 *is* the civil rights act of 1871. The relevant part anyway.

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        He specifically cited "Civil Rights Act of 1871"

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      1. Alan Smithee‏ @ActualFlatticus 25 Jun 2016
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        Not really, they always do this when they want to make a suit seem like a longshot. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983 …

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      1. Alan Smithee‏ @ActualFlatticus 25 Jun 2016
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        That's essentially a claim that if the language of the 1979 readoption of that civil rights act left out a private right of action,

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      1. Alan Smithee‏ @ActualFlatticus 25 Jun 2016
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        Then it should come in under the original.

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      1. Alan Smithee‏ @ActualFlatticus 25 Jun 2016
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        Silly, though, the only other part dealt with suspending habeas corpus IIRC.

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      1.  🇺🇸 🇺🇸Tamara 🇺🇸 🇺🇸Lynn  🇺🇸 🇺🇸‏ @Tamaralynn212 26 Jun 2016
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        Then he should step down.

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      1.  🇺🇸 🇺🇸Tamara 🇺🇸 🇺🇸Lynn  🇺🇸 🇺🇸‏ @Tamaralynn212 26 Jun 2016
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        These morons need to stop playing games with our future and our children's future.. It's getting irritating.

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