Not Too Late

Stayed in bed all morning just to past the time
There's something wrong here there can be no denying
One of us is changing or maybe we've stopped trying
--Carole King

When the results of the presidential election were being contested late last year, a major concern involved institutional deadlines. There were December deadlines for states to confirm their votes and pass them along to Congress. There was the early January vote in Congress to accept the results. There was the presidential inauguration in late January.

It seemed difficult if not impossible for investigations, and courts, to reach conclusions before time ran out.

However, I remember one person who was less uptight about those institutional deadlines: lawyer and Harvard professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz. Yes, he acknowledged that those dates made it difficult for Trump associates to beat the clock. But so what?

Dershowitz wondered what would happen if, say, in June after Biden was named president, compelling evidence surfaced that the election was in fact stolen?

I wondered too. And I'm still wondering as both Arizona's Maricopa Country and Georgia's Fulton Country have been ordered to undertake forensic audits of their votes.

What would happen if these audits, or other subsequent investigations, unearth evidence that casts further doubt on the election results?

Leftists would surely trot out some version of the tired playground claim: it's too late now! Near as I can determine, though, there is no statute of limitation on election results--except the next election.

I think back to the late sage's remarks the day after the election. His advice still resonates.