The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of choosing Senators.
U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 4, Clause 1
In March of last year, Trump tried to change federal election laws via executive order. He failed, as court after court correctly pointed out that presidents have no authority to change election laws.
Now Trump – who, with his advancing age, seems more and more incapable of learning from experience – has vowed to fail again if Congress will not cater to his delusions, and change the laws to suit his unfounded prejudices. His basic lie? The current system is being abused, He still lies to himself and others that the 2020 election was “stolen” from him – it wasn’t. Trump’s claims were investigated by over 60 different federal courts, and were judged to be without merit. Every. Single. Time.
When over 60 different legal experts – all from different persuasions and backgrounds – each independently look at your case, and every last one of them says your claims are completely without merit … your claims are without merit.
At this point, Trump is basically the senile man in the old folks’ home who is convinced that everyone he doesn’t know well is trying to steal his watch.
Trump is proving Marx’s verdict on history was right: History initially appears as tragedy, and reappears as farce.
So he’s aching to fail in the courts again. He must, since he is making it surprisingly easy to disprove his delusions of grandeur. His narcissistic delusions will not allow him to admit that a very unpopular president could ever lose a free and fair election.
With Trump and his minions, it has never been about what’s real. It’s all about what the senile old man can bear.
On October 31st of last year, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly declared in her 81-page opinion that a president does not possess the power to change federal or state election laws, for the self-evident reason that the U.S. Constitution openly declares that such powers only belong to Congress, and to the states.
“The first question presented in these consolidated cases is whether the President, acting unilaterally, may direct changes to federal election procedures,” ruled Judge Kollar-Kotelly.
“Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes,” she added.
And where no authority has been given, none can be granted or assumed. Not by a Supreme Court that all too often caters to Trump’s increasingly narcissistic whims. And not by a do-nothing GOP-run Congress, that all too often steps aside to let Trump ignore the Constitution as he pleases. The clear, obvious truth on this matter is its greatest strength, and is the American voter’s greatest shield.
