He’s trying to game the coming Midterm Election that HE KNOWS Will go against Republicans….
The Senate just ain’t gonna do his bidding…..
Neither has a Federal Appeals Court….
America Election’s follow State Laws as the US Constitution requires ….
The Supreme getting his request is Justice Brown…..
In the administration’s filings with the high court, the Justice Department said that the executive order lays out general policies and that agencies have yet to finalize rules on based on it, so it was premature for courts to block it.
The Supreme Court appeal is part of a push by President Donald Trump and his allies to put fresh limits on voting ahead of the pivotal elections where control of both the House and the Senate is at stake. Trump claims that voting irregularities are widespread, despite a lack of evidence.
The president has been pressing the Senate to pass the Save America Act, which would require voters to prove their citizenship to register and to show photo identification when voting. He also gave a prime-time television address in mid-July reiterating debunked claims about vulnerabilities in election systems, and he fired members of a bipartisan elections commission.
Trump has long made false claims that mail-in voting is rife with fraud and has blamed it, in part, for his loss to Biden in the 2020 presidential election. He unsuccessfully demanded that the counting of mail-in ballots be suspended in that contest.
In March, Trump issued an executive order that required states to compile lists of eligible voters based on information provided by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration.
The order prohibits the Postal Service from sending mail-in ballots to anyone not on the lists. It also requires that mail-in ballots be delivered to voters in secure envelopes with barcodes to facilitate tracking. The order allows the federal government to withhold funding from states that don’t comply….
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The Constitution assigns states the primary authority over election administration and gives Congress the ability to set national standards for elections, but the president’s role is more circumscribed.
Talwani, who was nominated by Barack Obama, also found that the order would present logistical and financial challenges for states. Most were already preparing to issue mail-in ballots for fall elections, and some would have to purchase new envelopes and make other changes to comply with the order.
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The ruling does not apply to states that were not parties to the lawsuit, or elections after November’s midterms….
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The Supreme Court gave the states until Monday to respond to the administration’s appeal. The justices could rule after the administration responds to the states’ filing….
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“Donald Trump’s strained personal relationship with Senate Majority Leader John Thune has spilled out into the open as the president’s surprise missives and unattainable demands threaten to torch Republican legislative priorities with less than 100 days until the November midterm elections,” Bloombergreports.
“The president’s top priority before the Senate leaves for a month-long break is to pass voter restriction legislation that doesn’t have enough support in the Senate, where 60 votes are needed to advance most bills. Undeterred, Trump has demanded Thune nuke the Senate’s long-standing filibuster rule and pass the measure with a simple majority.”
“The standoff over the Save America Act has scrambled the party’s agenda for months, with a growing pileup of other legislation and time running short ahead of the midterms. That includes a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open past the end of September, Russia sanctions, a crypto market structure bill and an overhaul of rules governing collegiate sports.”
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