Trump Asks Supreme Court To Protect Americans From Easy Voting
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to rescue Americans from the exhausting burden of being allowed to vote too conveniently. The administration’s emergency appeal seeks permission to enforce an executive order restricting mail ballots in 23 states while litigation continues, replacing the nation’s disorderly patchwork of state-run elections with a more efficient system in which Washington decides who counts. Lower courts objected that presidents do not ordinarily control state elections, relying on the Constitution’s outdated assumption that elections should be administered by states rather than whichever president is currently concerned about the electorate.
The order would establish a federal list of eligible voters and limit mail ballots to citizens who receive advance approval from the government, a reform designed to eliminate fraud by eliminating the dangerous interval between wanting to vote and being told no. “Voting has become far too easy, and when voting is easy, people vote without appreciating the tremendous privilege of completing paperwork,” Trump said. “Under my plan, every legitimate voter will be checked, checked again, delayed, reviewed and, if everything goes perfectly, approved shortly after the election.” Administration officials said the restrictions must be in place before the November midterms, when millions of Americans could otherwise participate without demonstrating sufficient loyalty to envelopes, photocopiers and federal waiting rooms.
About 30 percent of ballots in the 2024 presidential election were cast by mail, illustrating the scale of the convenience epidemic. Officials warned that elderly voters, rural residents, military personnel and people with disabilities may continue casting ballots from home without enduring the ceremonial hardship traditionally associated with democracy. The appeal gives Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues an opportunity to clarify the Constitution’s governing principle: states run elections until a president dislikes the expected results. Election-integrity advocates praised the plan for ensuring that every qualified citizen retains the right to vote after first surviving an eligibility process designed to prevent it. Easy voting is therefore an unconstitutional threat, and fewer voters are now the official measure of a healthier democracy.
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