re: Obama Judge Permanently Blocks Trump's Proof of Citizenship

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If elections are run by the states it seems pretty clear that the federal government which would include the executive branch wouldn't have any jurisdiction under the current framework.

Trump might as well issue an executive order saying the property taxes in Harris County need to go up.

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You may be right. But the real problem here is that we have way too many people who agree with the ruling not because of semantics, or who has the authority to require citizenship to register to vote... but rather because they have no issue with non-citizens voting.

Where do YOU stand on it?

We have way too many people who disagree with it because Trump should be able to do whatever he wants. These same people will complain when a Democrat president does the same thing. I have yet to see anyone point out the law that gives the president on his own the power to make voting rules.

Putting aside the merits of the underlying issue, I am intrigued by the judge's reasoning and at least preliminarily think she is correct. The president as chief executive does not allow him to encroach on the legislative branch's powers or defy the law. Here, the Constitution gives the states and Congress power over elections, so can the president unilaterally require things that the states and Congress have not decided to require? The SAVE Act would obviate a lot of this discussion if it is passed and signed, but what is the argument for the president being able to do this on his own via EO?

She is likely correct. This is not something DJT can do in his own.

We are doomed by this do nothing congress who won’t pass a law requiring proof.

It shouldn’t be hard to prove citizenship - an ID that proves who you are and a government database of citizens that can be accessed by the states to confirm citizenship at the time of registration. Why can’t that be done?

but prolly gonna happen

You do realize that there is NO federal law or constitutional provision that gives the president any power to change the rules governing who gets to vote, how they get to vote and whether their votes are counted.

That's Congress and the States job to determine. Congress has the power to supersede state election laws and setting national standards.

For the people that don't believe gateway pundit for whatever reason, this is straight from the Associated Press.

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A federal judge has permanently barred Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections.

His order included provisions that would have required people to show documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and would have prevented mail ballots from being counted if they were received after Election Day.

The ruling on Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper effectively makes permanent a preliminary order she issued a year ago.

Casper agreed with arguments from Democratic attorneys general who filed the lawsuit that the Constitution gives states and Congress, not the president, the power to regulate elections.

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She looks nothing like Casper.

I hope all these judges and all libs and ready for the civil war that y'all are gonna get revolution is brewing.