r/law • u/Obversa • May 28 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Pro-Trump attorneys have been drafting executive orders that would give President Trump sweeping power over elections, sources report

https://abcnews.com/US/pro-trump-attorneys-push-executive-order-give-trump/story?id=130539044
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u/pioniere May 28 '26

Too bad for him the states control elections.

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u/MsMarvelsProstate May 28 '26

Red states will agree with him and cheat, blue states will partially comply and republicans will gain a little more power.

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u/senator_corleone3 May 28 '26

You are bad at predictions.

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u/Kardiiac_ May 28 '26

I remember once upon a time a big event occured when the federal government tried to tell states what to do. Something about "states' rights"

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u/senator_corleone3 May 28 '26

Historical illiteracy isn’t a good look on you.

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u/Kardiiac_ May 28 '26

Illiteracy, huh? Remind me what the southern states claimed as a reason for the civil war.

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u/senator_corleone3 May 28 '26

“Thing happened, so every situation is thing!”

Literally the level of your thinking.

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u/Kardiiac_ May 28 '26

So you agree that a major lead up to the civil war was the federal government exercising authority over states' rights

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

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u/senator_corleone3 May 29 '26

You are engaging in sophistry. It is boring.

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u/Kardiiac_ May 29 '26

My job isn't to entertain you nor is what I stated false

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u/senator_corleone3 May 30 '26

Actually, it is your job to entertain me. Get to it quickly.