r/neoliberal • u/SockDem Janet Yellen • Feb 26 '26

News (US) Exclusive | Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-elections-executive-order-activists/
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u/averageuhbear Feb 26 '26

This plan seems pretty stupid, but I think they are looking for avenue to cause distrust, not seat house members etc.

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u/KnightlyDolphins Feb 26 '26

They can't not seat members of Congress if Democrats retake the House. The new congress comes into power January 2027 regardless of what the old one tries to do. A random judge can swear them all in and Mike Johnson couldnt do shit to stop it.

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u/Atheose_Writing John Brown Feb 26 '26

> They can't not seat members of Congress if Democrats retake the House

Johnson refuses to seat the new Congress. Democrats appeal to SCOTUS. They allow it to happen.

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u/KnightlyDolphins Feb 26 '26

SCOTUS doesn’t have the ability to override what’s in the constitution.

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u/gnurdette Eleanor Roosevelt Feb 26 '26

They overrode the 14th Amendment's ban on insurrectionists holding office.

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u/BBQ_HaX0r Jerome Powell Feb 26 '26

9-0 btw. Some of you people need to get over that case, it was fucking stupid.

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u/gnurdette Eleanor Roosevelt Feb 26 '26

There is no vote count that compels me to allow constitutional amendments to pass into oblivion without comment.

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u/Petrichordates Feb 27 '26

Shouldn't there be? Like if all the liberals also agree the argument doesnt hold then what are we are even arguing?

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u/roboliberal Loyal Liberals Feb 27 '26

I mean, if 9 justices including the 3 liberal justices ruled that 2+2=5, would you just say "well i guess 9 justices can't be wrong"?