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Democrats sued Wednesday to block Donald Trump’s latest executive order restricting mail voting, arguing that the U.S. Constitution empowers states and Congress, not the president, to determine who is eligible to vote by mail.

The lawsuit marks the second round of battles over the president’s power to control elections. Trump’s opponents handily won the first round last year, blocking his initial executive order intended to reshape election procedures by convincing multiple federal judges that it was likely unconstitutional.

Trump on Tuesday announced that his administration would compile lists of who is eligible to vote in states and that the U.S. Postal Service would only mail ballots to those who met that criteria. Critics note that there’s little time to comb through voter rolls before ballots start going out for this fall’s elections, in some places as soon as September, and question whether the administration’s list would be reliable.

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The pedophile trying to use is executive powers to be legislative and sometimes judicial is getting very tiresome. I can't believe it's only been a year of this circus act... holy shit.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

If Republicans weren't spineless bootlickers we wouldn't have a king running ramshod over our freedoms

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could have played golf for four years and gotten away with it, Donnie. Just couldn’t help yourself.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 16 hours ago

It's not just Lumpty Trumpty. There's Shadow President Stevie Millie, "I'm a Tough Boy" Petey Kegsbreath, and other ghouls.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Eventually, we'll lose. At least we will also piss off His Fatness bigly.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do timelines, projected with appeals and delays, mean this will get to SCOTUS right before the election?

[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

As a general rule, it's always too close to an election to prevent Republicans from disenfranchising voters, but never too late to prevent Democrats from making voting more accessible.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They dropped this late on the 31st. I feel like they were hoping april fools day would obscure the reporting.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

They do something awful literally every single day. Every one. This is just one of the things they did that day.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Does sue have a different meaning in the U.S.? To me, sue means harm was done and recompence is sought.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 17 points 2 days ago

You can sue to stop future harm from happening too.

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

This is a proactive suit to keep the illegal actions from going into effect and causing irreperable harm.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Suing refers to a case being filed that's not criminal.

You can sue for monetary damages, you can sue to block development if you belive it violates zoning laws, you can sue to stop an executive order.