Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act
"The firings leave the four-member commission with no commissioners, meaning it cannot take official action until new members are installed. They also come days after the Supreme Court granted the president power to fire leaders of independent agencies, weakening a legal framework that for decades had insulated bipartisan federal commissions from direct White House control."
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A standard step in a coup
Pretty predictable.
They're trying everything they can for the mid terms. This is one of many measures. Americans have become very complacent.
"Maybe you do not care much about the future of the Republican Party. You should. Conservatives will always be with us. If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy."
David Frum
sounds like Mitch McConnell is about to be pronounced dead and this is to stop a special election
Stopping state elections doesn't seem like authority a federal Election Assistance Commission would have
Thanks, SCOTUS!
Totally normal. Totally cool.