Presidential Transitions and the Law
The Dershow
Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media
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🗓️ 12 November 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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A presidential transition seems to be upon us. I'll explain the law. Also, Rev. Warnock is in a runoff for one of the Georgia Senate seats, but will I support him?
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| 0:00.0 | CNN and Fox have declared Joe Biden to be the president-elect, but is he the president-elect as a matter of law? |
| 0:07.0 | As a matter of the Constitution, I'll explain why he is not. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm also issuing a challenge on my show, an invitation to the |
| 0:17.2 | senatorial candidate of the Democrats from Georgia, the Reverend |
| 0:20.6 | Warnick, to come on this show and to explain his anti-Israel views and |
| 0:26.1 | perhaps to modify them. |
| 0:28.6 | And maybe I'll change my mind because right now I have a conflict. |
| 0:32.2 | As a Democrat, I want the Democrats to control the Senate. |
| 0:35.0 | As a person who strongly supports Israel and American alliances with Israel, |
| 0:40.0 | I'm strongly opposed to views he has expressed. |
| 0:43.4 | So come on the show. |
| 0:45.3 | The show can help resolve conflicts. |
| 0:48.0 | I'll explain all of that and more on the Dershove. |
| 0:52.7 | Joe Biden is not the president-elect of the United States. |
| 0:57.4 | He is not the president-elect as a matter of law. |
| 1:01.4 | He is not the president-elect under the Constitution. He is the |
| 1:06.4 | president-elect as the result of the election having been called by CNN and |
| 1:11.3 | Fox and MS NBC and the various networks but that has no effect |
| 1:17.5 | whatsoever on the law. Let me explain to you what the law provides. There are statutes that talk about the transition. |
| 1:26.0 | Now the transition begins to operate the moment a nominee is officially nominated. |
| 1:32.0 | So transition activities began for nominees back in May, June, July, August, |
| 1:39.0 | once the conventions officially nominated the two candidates, they both were entitled |
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