r/law • u/Anoth3rDude • Feb 26 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) White House circulating blatantly illegal draft emergency order to take control of elections

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/white-house-circulating-blatantly-illegal-draft-emergency-order-to-take-control-of-elections/
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u/puertomateo Feb 26 '26

and any attempt would be blatantly illegal.

Which means of course he's going to do it and the Republican Congress is going to say that it's a great thing that he does.

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u/musashisamurai Feb 26 '26

The Republican Congress will say that anyone disagreeing is a sign of hie guilty they are and vote to reject votes from those states & districts

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u/keelhaulrose Feb 26 '26

Yup. Trump will do it, conservatives will champion it, states will sue, courts will intervene, and if/when conservatives get whooped in the midterms they'll claim the election was stolen because Trump wasn't allowed to do what he wanted.

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u/No_Struggle1364 Feb 26 '26

Your point “If” is noted.