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Justice Department will review restrictive GOP voting laws
The Associated Press ^ | June 11, 2021 | By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Posted on 06/12/2021 5:11:50 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: coloradan

Thanks


41 posted on 06/12/2021 6:06:31 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The DOJ has morphed onto the DOI ... Department of Injustice


42 posted on 06/12/2021 6:08:20 AM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thank the Gop rhinos for this DEMON .


43 posted on 06/12/2021 6:10:31 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists is a )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

44 posted on 06/12/2021 6:14:00 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Beagle8U

The AZ AG said he would arrest Garland if he tried to interfere with the audit.


45 posted on 06/12/2021 6:20:38 AM PDT by Paperpusher
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Justice Department will review restrictive GOP voting laws

Not allowing the dead to vote is “restrictive”.


46 posted on 06/12/2021 6:28:53 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Smoke and mirrors to placate an ever more panicky Lefty base. As per the Constitution it is up to each State to determine how elections are run within the State. There are exceptions as follows.

"Congress’s authority to regulate a particular type of election may vary depending on whether that election is for the Presidency, the House, the Senate, or for state and local positions. Further, there may be variations in what aspects of elections are amenable to regulation. Consequently, evaluating Congress’s authority to establish election procedures requires an examination of a variety of different proposals and scenarios.

Although the Constitution is silent on various aspects of the voting process, it seems to anticipate that states would be primarily responsible for establishing election procedures. Federal authority to regulate federal elections, however, is specifically provided for in the Constitution. There are two main provisions at issue—Article I, Section 4, cl. 1, which provides Congress the authority to set the “Times, Places and Manner” of congressional elections, and Article II, Section 1, cl. 4, which provides that Congress may designate the “Time” for the choosing of Presidential Electors.

Congress’s power is broadest in the case of House elections, which have historically always been decided by a system of popular voting. Congressional power over Senate elections, while almost as broad as it is for House elections, contains one textual exception—that Congress may not regulate “the Places of chusing Senators.” On the other hand, the power of Congress to regulate presidential elections is not as clearly established as the power over House and Senate elections. As noted above, the text of the Constitution provides Congress only the limited power to designate the “Time” of the choosing of Presidential Electors. It does appear that Congress’s regulatory authority over presidential elections is more extensive than might appear based on the text of Article II, Section 1, cl. 4. How much more extensive, however, remains unclear.

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30747.html

47 posted on 06/12/2021 6:30:21 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Evidence of corruption at every level of the Federal government..


48 posted on 06/12/2021 6:31:03 AM PDT by Rich21IE
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To: ncalburt

This is what happens when you don’t have an opposition party. The GOP had FOUR YEARS to “scrutinize” criminal Democrats. What did they do? NOTHING.


49 posted on 06/12/2021 6:34:19 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If these creeps screw with the voting system as they did in the last election, the country will and should explode


50 posted on 06/12/2021 6:39:15 AM PDT by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts, Coney-Barrett, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. TRAITORS)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Yes. But now he put him in the already corrupt DOJ and SCOTUS is no better.
Peking g Mitch McChina helped create this mess - FOR YEARS


51 posted on 06/12/2021 6:41:17 AM PDT by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts, Coney-Barrett, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch. TRAITORS)
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To: Mouton
Is voting a constitutional right?

It's mentioned in the 15th, 24th, and 26th Amendments.

52 posted on 06/12/2021 6:46:37 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: newfreep

As a postulate... let’s say you could go back in time to fix this. What would you have done? How can we get others to see that if we don’t fix the court system we’re headed for Civil War 2?


53 posted on 06/12/2021 6:49:58 AM PDT by Kevmo (some things may be true even if Donald Trump said them. ~Jonathan Karl)
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To: lodi90

true


54 posted on 06/12/2021 6:58:37 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists is a )
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To: Kevmo

Reality 101: We are currently in CW2.

Since one cannot go back in history, ONLY actions NOW can save America...

...and appears the ONLY remaining solution is the 2A.


55 posted on 06/12/2021 7:19:01 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Got to put their seal of approval on the steal.


56 posted on 06/12/2021 7:21:53 AM PDT by meyer (I swear to protect and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Justice Department will scrutinize a wave of new laws in Republican-controlled states that tighten voting rules, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday, vowing to take action on any violations of federal law.

If this AG thinks he can interfere in how states run their elections, it needs to be pointed to the constitution (not that that matters to him).

57 posted on 06/12/2021 7:28:54 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: newfreep

How can you get others to see this supposed reality 101?

All that bloviating is meaningless if there isn’t real action attached to it.


58 posted on 06/12/2021 7:36:21 AM PDT by Kevmo (some things may be true even if Donald Trump said them. ~Jonathan Karl)
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To: ScubaDiver

He could be a bitter, vindictive man because he didn’t get to be on the Supreme Court. Now he is getting his revenge. Just what we need in the Justice Department. :(


59 posted on 06/12/2021 7:37:46 AM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We all got frustrated when the courts all punted the election disputes back to the state legislatures.

Turns out they were doing us a favor. Now Mr Garland’s authority is limited to ordering a sandwich for lunch.


60 posted on 06/12/2021 7:37:59 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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