• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      As long as the DOJ is controlled by Trump they won’t charge him over anything no matter how blatantly he is rigging the election in his favor and how obvious it is that he should have lost.

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        7 hours ago

        Yes but the Democrats will maybe come into power eventually and they’ll need something to pardon Trump over

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      I had to look it up to see what Trump/DHS’s unconstitutional argument will be to ignore this. The “…” omitted sections show pretty clearly what they will say:

      Whoever, being an officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the United States. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/592

      “…is held, unless such force is necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined…”

      So their first-year-law-school failing DOJ leads will argue that they need ICE there to stop voter fraud, which force is necessary to “repel armed enemies of the United States” since hypothetically the rampant fraudsters could be armed.

      Either Trump will just do it without any lawsuit-ripening warning, or if his demented brain reveals his plans early and a suit is filed in time, the Supreme Court will hear the emergency appeal of the inevitable district and appellate findings that it is unconstitutional, and issue a shadow docket ruling that overturns the (ruling upholding the) Constitution without comment or reasoning.

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        Not sure if the supreme court will do anything. Already declined to intervene on the USPS issue, saying damage needs to be done first