During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

  • BillyClark@piefed.socialEnglish
    51·
    7 days ago

    This is exactly the situation that the 14th Amendment was created to prevent. Yet our worthless government refused to disqualify Trump from the 2024 election and let him be sworn in despite the fact that all of that was clearly illegal.

  • Substance_P@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    22·
    7 days ago

    On Trumps Draft National Emergency Order to take over US elections - (the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to claim authority over voting procedures.) let’s just say, any attempt to federalize elections would be considered unconstitutional and illegal.

    States have control over how they are done as written in the constitution. Also, if SCROTUS allows it, the “We” are no longer a Constitutional Republic.

    If Trump is allowed to move forward with this obvious unconstitutional grab for power, allowed by the Dems on a plater with little public outrage, a failed supreme court intervention resulting in no push-back by any checks and balances, then the US Constitution is a lot weaker than americans would have you believe.

    • unmagical@lemmy.ml
      9·
      7 days ago

      SCOTUS failing to stop federalization of elections is literally the last possible Rubicon.

      • sidelove@lemmy.world
        3·
        7 days ago

        Exactly. Everyone was afraid of what would happen when Trump was elected because of what he would do. That is what he would do. Pulling that off means the experiment is over, America will never come back from it.

  • plateee@piefed.socialEnglish
    14·
    7 days ago

    What I haven’t seen anyone weigh in on is the scenario where red states suspend their elections, and blue don’t.

    I have a hard time believing New York or Illinois would go along with emergency powers halting the election, but I could 100% see Texas or Florida doing so (especially if in those red states there are good indicators of seats flipping blue).

    So if even one red state calls off their election, what then? At least for midterms there isn’t a multi-state ballot - but what about the next election? Can a president be elected if some states refuse to have an election?

    This shit is so stupid and terrifying and fucking awful.

  • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
    10·
    7 days ago

    It’s been so predictable watching Americans sit on their asses for an entire year, openly talking about how this is going to happen and doing fuck all about it. Absolute cowards. Sleepwalking into fascism because they’re too comfortable to throw a punch.