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Donald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate identification for all US elections, a move likely to be challenged in court as unconstitutional.

"Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!,” the US president said on Truth Social late on Saturday.

Trump also claimed he wants to ban all voting by mail except for those who are very ill or in military service.

The US constitution grants primary authority to regulate elections to the US states, while empowering Congress to enact election laws or regulations. It gives no explicit authority to the president to regulate voting.

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago
[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago
[-] Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago

EOs arnt laws.. Congress still has to make them into laws.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago

There's the legal tactic of: do now and ask for forgiveness never. It works really well when there are no legal consequences.

[-] Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

But it isn't even a legal tactic. EOs mean nothing. They are not laws.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 5 months ago

They obviously mean something until they are stuck down, and even then...

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yup, flood the courts and demand appeals whenever judges block things. The goal is to overwhelm the system in the short term. While judges and lawyers are busy setting court dates that are weeks away, the regime will carry on as if the EO is legal.

[-] blattrules@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Can he just go back to being dead?

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

that photo is from tuesday. not sure he ain't

[-] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 5 months ago

He can fuck on off. That’s up to the States.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago

And admission to the capital is up to the don now.

[-] this@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

Yea, how the fuck is he even gonna enforce that?

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

By bullying and threats, just like he enforces his unlawful interference in the policies of universities and private corporations.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

So sick of just one fucking asshole in this country able to torment millions of us.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago

Also there will be underwear inspections and all underwear must now be worn on the outside of pants.

[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I like the way the headline implies that he openly admitted that the order would be unconstitutional.

[-] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

Cool, and he also will release the unredacted Epstein files like he promised.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 4 points 5 months ago

Only if we beat it from him like a pinata.

[-] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

This was the plan for the "Real ID" all along

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago
[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 5 months ago
[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

I have. Is all good, yes?

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

The use of executive orders to rule by decree is itself unconstitutional.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 5 months ago

I'm very ill.

[-] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

He'll be dead before the next election.

Bet your house on it.

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

No thanks, betting against this man hasn't worked out for me yet, and I'm much too poor to spare the roof over my head when reality bends over backwards to appease this man again.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Grant imahara who actually had something to give to this world died in his '50s unexpectedly from an aneurysm.

Don't bet your fucking life on it with how karma doesn't work

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago
[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

House owning guys are betting on shit,,get in

[-] Zagam@piefed.social 1 points 5 months ago

I do but only by right of conquest. Or whatever it's called when your parents die and leave you the house they had their parents help them get.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, because there won't be another election while that shit stain is still alive

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

You don't have to have proof of identity to vote in the US?

[-] impeccablepenguin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago

In states that do not require an ID, you still need to present a document with your name. It is then compared with the voter registration database. The argument against requiring an ID is that ID's aren't free in the US, which can cause a financial hurdle for many.

[-] Uruanna@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

And there's additional hurdles for more targeted populations, like access to the place that gives you the ID, and the capacity to prove your ID to that place with specific documents that may ormay not exist. It's on purpose.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Heck, personal ID is not free in my country, either (I paid 43€ for a renewal last week), but it is mandatory, so everyone has it. Americans could do it even cheaper if they wanted.

With so low levels of identity proof in the US, don't complain about identity theft. Here, you simply can't open a bank account with just an SSN drawn from the darknet and a self-printed electricity bill. Having a proper ID has many uses, way beyond identifying for your right to vote.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

Sounds like a solution would be some sort of national ID card provided for free?

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, but that would actually be a good thing so it's never happened.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

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