Trump Allies Float an Election Emergency Power Grab
A draft executive order circulating among Trump allies on February 27 would have declared a national emergency around elections and handed the president sweeping new control over how federal voting is run. The pitch leans on the old, debunked fraud-and-foreign-interference script, this time repackaged as a legal justification for extraordinary executive power. Trump said he was not considering the draft, but the mere existence of the proposal underscored how far the movement is willing to push beyond normal constitutional boundaries. The political problem is obvious: even a trial balloon like this makes the White House look eager to weaponiz…
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Trump Allies Float an Election Emergency Power Grab
A draft executive order circulating among Trump allies on February 27 would have declared a national emergency around elections and handed the president sweeping new control over how federal voting is run. The pitch leans on the old, debunked fraud-and-foreign-interference script, this time repackaged as a legal justification for extraordinary executive power. Trump said he was not considering the draft, but the mere existence of the proposal underscored how far the movement is willing to push …
A draft executive order circulating among Trump allies on February 27 would have declared a national emergency around elections and handed the president sweeping new control over how federal voting is run. The pitch leans on the old, debunked fraud-and-foreign-interference script, this time repackaged as a legal justification for extraordinary executive power. Trump said he was not considering the draft, but the mer…
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