The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a "national emergency" over America's elections.

The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a “national emergency” over America’s elections and pave the way for a power grab.

“Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting,” reported the Post‘s Isaac Arnsdorf. “President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November’s midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump’s promised executive order on the issue.”

Peter Ticktin, a MAGA activist in favor of the executive order, told the Post that “we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” and that “the president has to be able to deal with it,” including by banning mail-in ballots and certain voting machines.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
    191·
    6 hours ago

    The Constitution is extremely clear that elections are the responsibility of the states, and we just saw the Supreme Court back the Constitution against him.

    He tried to use the “Emergency” excuse to justify his tariffs, and SCOTUS didn’t buy it. They aren’t going to buy this emergency either.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      36 minutes ago

      How bleak that we have to trust a court that constantly operates in bad faith to save democracy from the guy that hired too many of them.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
        11·
        3 hours ago

        Which proves that he only has three rubber stamps, when he thought he had six.

        This was just the first of several direct attacks on clear Constitutional concepts, which he thought he would brute force his way through with bought-and-paid-for operatives on SCOTUS, and it failed badly. That does not bode well for future Constitutional challenges like Birthright Citizenship, State control of Elections, or his future challenge to term limits.

    • Jumbie@lemmy.zip
      13·
      4 hours ago

      The Supreme Court should not be trusted.

      If we’re both putting forth theories then what’s incorrect about assuming the Supreme Court went against him on tariffs so it would seem “fair” when they back him on stealing elections?

      After all, they’ve done this exact scenario before.

    • FanciestPants@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 hours ago

      They probably will rule that the “emergency” is unconstitutional, but consider how long Trump got away with unconstitutional tariffs before SCOTUS tossed them out, and how long he would need to get away with fucking with election rules to get the election results he wants.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
        01·
        3 hours ago

        The election issue is a ticking clock, tariffs weren’t. That makes it top priority for quick action by the courts, emergency injunctions, etc.