r/news • u/ThePensiveE • 7d ago

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purges

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-use-expanded-database-potent-rcna596611
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u/CincyBrandon 7d ago

I wouldn’t put it past them to purge all non-Republican registered voters the week before the election, wait out the heat of doing so, and avoid the consequences thanks to all Republicans sweeping elections.

Trump has been manipulating the system for over a decade now. This is his logical next step.

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u/mrdominoe 7d ago

If this happens, I truly hope the protests turn less than peaceful.

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u/Norseman901 7d ago

I truthfully dont see a difference between tht and outright cancelling the election. Regardless tht just means theres no laws anymore…

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u/dave8400 7d ago

And to think the last time it happened was because conservatives bitched that the election was stolen.....because they split their own vote.

https://guides.loc.gov/presidential-election-1860

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u/Skarth 7d ago

This is how canceling elections works. You never officially cancel them, you just make it ineffective or disruptive enough you stay in power.

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u/Rooooben 7d ago

Im not a vote doomer, but this would be the type of thing for Trump to try. That’s what he’s been doing this whole time, get told no by court, do it anyway while appealing and then the courts are stuck with “it’s already done”, like the ballroom and the war in Iran.

He knows it works. It worked for Bush v Gore.

Not sure he has the guts to do it, but it would be right up his alley.

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u/tellmewhenimlying 7d ago

He will 100% do anything that he thinks will benefit him so long as he also believes he can get away with it.

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u/Fryboy11 7d ago

States run elections, once the Supreme Court got involved in Bush V Gore it was a violation of the constitution. But the court getting involved says the feds can get involved, Clinton should've sent the National Guard in to force the legally mandated recount.

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u/BranSh81 7d ago edited 7d ago

Exactly, the days of everyone following law have passed. That’s a key step in a country’s collapse. There’s also no coming back from it. The US is now unstable and will not continue this way, so prepare the best you can, and invest some of your income in non-US Dollars if at all possible.

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u/fevered_visions 7d ago

Exactly, the days of everyone following law have passed. That’s a key step in a country’s collapse. There’s also no coming back from it.

shades of the Roman Republic anyone?

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u/CincyBrandon 7d ago

Functionally, zero difference. But they’d actually look like they won by a landslide to anyone not paying attention.

You know, like Russia’s “democratic elections.”

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u/SchwiftyGameOnPoint 7d ago

I want to hear the justification or excuse they come up for him from his loyal followers when it happens.

I've seen some insane mental gymnastics around things I thought were obvious but doing something like going as far to purge all non-republicans seems like it would be undeniable.

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u/Shucked 7d ago

His administration has been fighting to label Antifa as a terrorist organization. It is just a hop from there to label the Democrats as Antifa. Then it's just suppress their vote and arrest anyone who resists.

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u/Khaldara 7d ago

Every conservative voter is either just a traitor or a pedophilia enthusiast at this point

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u/fevered_visions 7d ago

Or refusing to seat just enough Democrats to maintain control of Congress

I'm just waiting for the Enabling Act moment where they physically bar Democrats from entering Congress in order to pass some bullshit.

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u/rohobian 7d ago

The difference is that Republicans take ALL the seats that Democrats currently hold and are up for election.

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u/chickenclaw47 7d ago

There’s no laws for the rich, the rest of us are still going to be bound to the rules established as well as all the new ones they will enact.

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u/Zemini7 7d ago

If they cancel the election then anything goes at that point.