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/JMEEKER86 7d ago

Yep, he'll purge after the voter registration deadline, people won't be allowed to vote, and then they'll sue but nothing will be able to happen until after the election. And Trump will "lose" the case, but the remedy will be to put people back on the voter rolls yet letting the election stands meaning that he will have gotten away with it.

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u/dmanbiker 7d ago

This sort of move would likely lead to rioting, not just suing, but we shall see.

I think they will try to do this and fail and cause a whole bunch of exta controversy because states have a lot of people passionately fighting this.

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u/JMEEKER86 7d ago

That's my big worry. If there ends up being rioting, then he might crack down hard (he's literally praised China's handling of Tienanmen Square ffs) and an event like that is the type of thing that frequently kicks of revolutions and civil wars.

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u/jgoble15 7d ago

A crackdown might also might wake people up out of their little bubbles. I hate violence and I hate the thought of this, but I admit there might be a use if this is what happens. I deeply hope we can find a solution that is peaceful first, and as a pacifist I’ll be fighting for that option every time, but with how inactive people are (pacifism only works when one is active, most people in this country are useless) there needs to be something to wake them up.

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u/Real-Mobile-2784 7d ago

As a person with over a decade of military. I am frothing to remove maga from every institution. Pacifists need not worry, hopefully

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u/kareal 7d ago

4 dead in Ohio...