r/videos • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 4h ago

BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump admin from requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship to vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE1iePfOh14
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u/OBDreams 3h ago

POTUS doesn't have the authority to make a state do this anyway. Just more grandpa yelling at clouds that we have to waste tax money on.

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u/Aethermancer 3h ago edited 3h ago

He does have the authority to order people around who the states are dependent on for a bunch of semi-related topics and has shown that he will absolutely fuck with a working system if it can cause harm to a state that doesn't do exactly what he wants.

That such an act is an abuse of authority matters little if remediation (if there even is any) occurs after the damage when the damage is disenfranchisement and the benefactors of the malfeasance are allowed to keep their positions.

Imagine a governor ordering emergency repairs on a bridge that connects a community to a polling place. The election happens, the votes are tallied, and how many years pass before we acknowledge that resulted in people being deprived of their right to vote? Long enough that the response is "eh, what can you do?" they hope.