[EL] What could be done

[Smith, Brad]

I think the Russians tried to influence the election, as they did in 2008 and 2012. After all, they do operate a 24 hour news channel, RT.


Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad St.

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6317

http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

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Subject: Re: [EL] What could be done

I must wonder why "it is reasonable to believe [Russian hacking] changed the results of the election." Is there data to support this or is it mere speculation? I suppose if one were to believe that there were enough voters in those swing states for whom embarrassing details regarding emails made the difference that would make sense, which would be necessary to reach this conclusion given that the report concludes that there was no evidence of tampering with the vote tally. However, with such vast differences in policy and public perceptions of the candidates (recall that Hillary was widely viewed as corrupt and untrustworthy even absent the emails), I am hesitant to believe that details released in emails would cause enough voters to free the Clinton camp for Trump's, to vote for Johnson/Stein, or simply stay home in a way that would change the outcome in states totaling 38 electoral votes (would need a combination of the following: Michigan - 16, Pennsylvania - 20, Wisconsin - 10, Florida - 29, meaning either FL+MI/WI/PA or PA+MI+WI).

On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Larry Levine <larrylevine at earthlink.net<mailto:larrylevine at earthlink.net>> wrote:
In an election as close as this one was in several key states, I think it can be concluded that the actions of the Russian government influenced public opinion in the U.S. to a degree that it is reasonable to believe it changed the result of the election. But under our system, even if it were proved, what could be done.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-11-most-important-lines-from-the-new-intelligence-report-on-russia%e2%80%99s-hacking/ar-BBxYXGw?li=BBnb7Kz
Larry


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