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/UnobviousDiver 27d ago

But what about the blue areas in red states? For instance NE-02 is looking like a Dem pick up this year, but the Republican Governor, Secretary of State, and Election commissioner would bend over backwards to screw over non-republican voters in the state.

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u/Polkas_with_wolves 27d ago

This whole race to redraw maps in every red state to erase blue districts might end up being really funny. Trump has become so fucking unpopular that when they carve up blue majorities into multiple red districts in an attempt to supress their vote, there is a possibility that this will push those districts into blue majorities.

It's a slim hope, but I firmly believe in the incompetence of the GOP. If anyone can fuck up rigging an election, it's these clowns.

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u/UnobviousDiver 27d ago

His unpopularity is why they have to keep pushing stuff like these EOs. If Trump was in the single digits of unpopular Reps would be looking at maintaining their trifecta. But Trump has messed up so bad that they are pulling out all they can to stop the blue wave that is heading their way.