Unconstitutional federal takeover of state sovereignty is NOT a good precedent. Trump needs a Constitutional Amendment for the feds to interfere with state elections including presidential elections.
Great unconstitutional federal push for “good” can easily turned into almost immediate overthrow of a Free America by a rogue unconstitutional federal government, once the wrong people, like now, are in power even for a short time.
Better is using the bully pulpit to influence states to stop the steal.
Agree!!
Hopefully he means to do this by backing candidates for state legislatures that will enforce integrity.
Nope. Voter fraud and the Constitution's guarantee of a republican form of government is NOT an issue left to the states.
“””Better is using the bully pulpit to influence states to stop the steal.”””
Trump knows how to use the bully pulpit. He needs to put his 2024 campaign staff to work right now on a project to educate the public on the specific voting laws in each of the 50 states that create opportunities for fraud and cheating.
Trump needs...
IMO, what Trump or the next R president needs is a Justice Department willing to enforce the US Constitution and current Federal Election laws.
The Constitution prescribes how the states are to elect its federal officers and there doesn't appear to be any reason for a change in that regard.
However, the DOJ should step in before the Congress receives any certifications from a state that does not conform in accordance with the Constitution.
I don’t see how POTUS, past or future, can change POTUS elections, but Article I, Section 4 let’s Congress override state laws for its own elections. And Congress is allowed to set A date for national elections. I agree with risks of interning with states here. Use is I §4 thus should be narrowly targeted and argued. Argue that although states should control elections for their own business, Federal offices affect all states and delays in knowing Federal results affects all states. Thus elections for Federal offices should be conducted so that their results are normally available in a timely manner. States and counties worldwide demonstrate most results can become available within a day even in quite large and poorly developed nations. If states’
ish to conduct elections for their own offices differently they may. Some states may choose to follow the fast Federal model for themselves and piggyback all on the same date. Others may chose slower methods for themselves, on same or different election days. All must follow the timely Federal model for Federal races. States may run other elections as they see fit, accepting whatever added costs their choices entail.