How Trump’s ‘conspiracy-driven policy making’ could throw elections into chaos

 

Friday, March 28 Want to know the easiest way to support Democracy Docket? Take a few seconds to forward this email to a friend so that they can stay informed on the fight for our democracy in the courts. Trump’s ‘conspiracy-driven policy making’ could throw elections into chaos President Donald Trump’s recent anti-voting executive order could throw elections into chaos and let him put a federal elections agency in the service of his political goals, voting experts tell Democracy Docket. Forcing the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to decertify an array of election equipment could paralyze elections, particularly in the 11 red and blue states and D.C. that have laws requiring their elections to be carried out with EAC-certified equipment. Court clears way for Trump to fire two independent federal board members A three-judge panel cleared the way for Trump to fire members of independent federal boards. The panel stayed a lower-court order requiring the wrongfully dismissed members of the National Labor Relations and Merit Systems Protection boards to be reinstated as challenges to their dismissals continue. Why Musk, GOP are trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election When Wisconsin voters head to the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill a vacant seat on the state’s Supreme Court, they’ll be casting a vote in what’s become the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history. In recent weeks, billionaire right-wing donors like Elon Musk and Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein have poured in tens of millions of dollars to support conservative candidate Brad Schimel. A Schimel win could allow the court to issue pro-GOP rulings on key voting questions, including making it easier for the Republican legislature to gerrymander election maps. Judge blocks CFPB dismantling Federal Judge Amy Jackson Berman blocked the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Employees fired Feb. 10 through today are to be reinstated, and the order prohibits the destruction of CFPB records. Trump’s crackdown on protests is spreading to local law enforcement Trump has led a high-profile campaign to crack down on lawful protests. It’s clear there’s an authoritarian plot afoot to shut down the First Amendment in this country through the use of federal agencies, Democracy Docket contributor Jessica Pishko writes.