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The house and senate are sworn in Jan 3rd. Only 4 seats in the senate need to switch for a democratic majority and there are 13 Republican candidates considered vulnerable. The entire House is up this year, but Democrats are expected to hold it by a considerable margin.
There is a very good chance that the legislative branch will be solidly in the Democratic majority and at that point if the presidential election isn’t clearly called then the Speaker of the House will be sworn in as president on Jan 21st.
Comment by SciEngr at 16/08/2020 at 17:41 UTC
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Right, but there TWO other co-equal branches of the government. If Trump wanted to send it to the courts he could hedge his bets he'd win. Just because the law states one thing doesn't mean another could happen. Laws are only useful if there is the ability to enforce them .
Comment by arimetz at 16/08/2020 at 19:50 UTC
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Yeah, once again, that's how it works legally