Trump Came For Your Ballot Twice. Two Judges Just Said No.
Scott Dworkin
On Wednesday, US District Judge Denise Casper permanently threw out most of Trump’s order to rig the midterms for Republicans. The order forced you to dig up “proof of citizenship” papers just to register. It tossed out mail ballots that arrive even a day late. And it threatened any state that refused to obey with the loss of its federal money.
Her ruling came down to one sentence: “The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.” States run elections. The president does not.
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https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/i/203707865/a-judge-guts-trumps-voting-order
A SECOND JUDGE, A SECOND DAY, A SECOND DEFEAT
The day after Judge Casper gutted Trump’s first voting order, US District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston blocked his second—and this one was sneakier. Trump wanted to build a federal master list of who’s “allowed” to vote, then order the Postal Service to mail ballots only to people on it.
It nearly worked. One day before the ruling, Trump’s own Postmaster General admitted the plan out loud to the Senate: states that won’t hand over their voters get their mail ballots cut off. Talwani blocked it cold, ruling that the Postal Service has no power over your vote—and neither does the president.
https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/i/203707865/a-second-judge-a-second-day-a-second-defeat