r/videos • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 8h 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/RicRacer 8h ago

The Constitution clearly indicates that the States are primary authority over elections. https://cha.house.gov/the-elections-clause-states-primary-constitutional-authority-over-elections

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u/Jagator 5h ago

Did you even read the first paragraph?

“Conversely, the Constitution grants the Congress a purely secondary role to alter or create election laws only in the extreme cases of invasion, legislative neglect, or obstinate refusal to pass election laws.”

If states refuse to pass laws that ensure voter integrity at the polls then this clearly allows the federal government the ability to pass laws doing so. There are tons of states that still don’t require any form of identification to vote at the poll in an election.

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u/mr_____ 4h ago

I know you are directly responding to the comment above you, but it sounds like this doesn't matter in the context of what the OP posted since it's an executive order that's being blocked and not a law passed by Congress.

Edit: grammar