SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.
U.S. District Judge John H. Chun in Seattle found that those requirements exceeded the president’s authority, following similar rulings in a Massachusetts case brought by 19 states and in a Washington, D.C., case by Democratic and civil rights groups.
“Today’s ruling is a huge victory for voters in Washington and Oregon, and for the rule of law,” Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said. “The court enforced the long-standing constitutional rule that only States and Congress can regulate elections, not the Election Denier-in-Chief.”
The executive order, issued in March, included new requirements that people provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a demand that all mail ballots be received by Election Day. It also put states’ federal funding at risk if election officials didn’t comply.
Fuck off!
We vote by mail. We voted to vote by mail. If you can’t win without cheating you don’t deserve to fucking run anything. Just…fuck the hell off already.
This is great news. Show this to anyone who says “Trump’s acting above the law so the courts are meaningless, why bother going to court?” Election workers will comply with these judgements over Trump’s attempts to illegally rig the election process in his favour.
So you don’t think the Supreme Court is going to step in and say ‘lol yes actually’ like they have done with everything else? Lmao
So, have you heard the “don’t comply in advance” slogan? That means a lot of things, but this is an important facet of it. Don’t cede ground you haven’t lost yet. The fascists need to fight and win that battle before we give it to them, even in our minds. They’re going to ratfuck, but we must fight it at every turn. And celebrate every hindrance to their victory. This is a win, and you win the war by winning these little battles, over and over again.
Make the Supreme Court stooges capitulate to Trump at every turn, rather than assuming they will. I’d say if the next Democratic admin were interested in beginning to repair things after Trump, it would be impeaching the justices that allowed fascism to thrive in America.
What next administration? Lmao
Next up, failed appeal before a 6-4 in favor ruling from the Kings court.
