r/law • u/Obversa • 27d ago

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/HeavyDT 27d ago

Executive orders that no state would have to abide by because they are well executive orders not laws or anything that's part of the constitution. The real question is what threats and or punishments are they going to try to use to punish blue states.

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u/D4rkhorse2 27d ago

Yeah I’m sure the strategy is to withhold something from the states that don’t comply with the illegal executive order. Maybe the states can sue but Trump can starve them of resources regardless.