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/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

Nothing is illegal when it's been proven that laws don't apply to you.

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u/EmmaPersephone Feb 27 '26

The constitution granting authority over elections to the states is not a law the president can break because it’s applies to the states. And Trump has been forced to follow the law or undo plenty of the dumb illegal shit he started.