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Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach (apnews.com)
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A federal judge on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional.

Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts said in Friday’s order that the states had a likelihood of success as to their legal challenges. “The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” Casper wrote.

Casper also noted that, when it comes to citizenship, “there is no dispute (nor could there be) that U.S. citizenship is required to vote in federal elections and the federal voter registration forms require attestation of citizenship.”

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago

That's what's up. The courts are the best hope we have. I hope to see countless more lawsuits challenging Trump's actions.

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    [–] 63 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    When people support this or the trialess deportation of people who can't prove their citizenship on the spot, ask them to prove their citizenship to you right then and there.

    Most people can't quickly produce proof of citizenship.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And if they do, say it's fake, confiscate it and arrest them anyway.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-citizen-real-id-detained-210643526.html

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    And even if one of them decides it's real (after giving you a good beating):

    They realized he did, in fact, have his green card, but questioned whether it was real.

    "'I don't know, maybe it's fake' … The other guy says, 'No, it's real' … That's when they finally stopped"

    They'll threaten to do what they can to get it revoked just so they can come back for you:

    "Do you think you're a big shot just because you have a green card? I'll make sure they revoke that green card of yours," Reyes said, recalling what agents told him. "'I'm going to do everything I can to get this paper revoked,' an immigration officer told me."

    https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/worker-arrested-by-ice-in-lynn-released-a-day-later-says-he-was-beaten-in-custody/3733701/

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    • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Judge is not suppose to "side with democrats", or any group or ideology. They're supposed to only side with the constitution and the written and agreed upon laws.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    "siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general"

    Maybe I should be keeping a list of "actually many Democrats are doing stuff"

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    No they absolutely did not, what the fuck are you talking about? Why did 5 people upvote this? Like wtf? I don’t understand posting verifiable lies and then upvoting them. Like what a weird thing to lie about.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I don’t understand posting verifiable lies and then upvoting them.

    I don't know what op posted or if the upvotes are organic but don't forget that a lot of trolls use alt accounts to self upvote.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    There is a lot of vote manipulation going on throughout the fediverse. Most instance admins refuse to address the problem.

    Other forum sites have entire teams of people dedicated to countering vote manipulation but here there is nobody. It will get worse until something is done about it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    https://apnews.com/article/california-immigration-national-guard-newsom-trump-lawsuit-aedf8cdd95ee899c9559d5e54a2e4833

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

    The court said it would hold a hearing on the matter on Tuesday

    The first ruling has been paused until there is a ruling from the Court of Appeals.

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