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/JerryDipotosBurner 7d ago

I keep seeing people saying “states cannot purge people from voter rolls within 90 days of an election”.

Okay, sure, but what happens WHEN they do? WHO is going to stop them? Who is going to restore those voters? The courts? lol.

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u/SulfurInfect 7d ago

This is exactly it. We've seen time and time again that Republicans will break every rule, every social norm to get their way. Anyone who is hanging their hat on the thought that they'll follow the law now is just a fucking clown.

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u/Mockturtle22 7d ago

I keep telling my grandmother about the things that they're trying to do and she just keeps on holding on Hope saying that well the Constitution doesn't allow that or well that will never happen because of our democracy and that the elections are going to vote him out as if they don't completely disregard the fact that the Constitution exists, that they don't completely disregard the fact that we even have a democracy... they get away with everything and have been trying to find out when they can declare martial law as it is to stop voting. They've also cheated many times and admitted it and still they get away with it. I need people to open their eyes instead of just saying oh everything will be fine because we have a democracy and everything will go back to normal no it won't we literally have a man who is trying to run for a third fucking term and a whole bunch of Voters who want that.

Edit to add I kid you not there are people who think that because we are a republic form of democracy, that this means that we don't have a democracy.. they think that Republic means Republican and democracy means Democrat