![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Jared Kushner declined to confirm, when asked recently, that the election will be held at all. His recent barrage of false tweets about mail-in voting - “Democrats are trying to Rig the 2020 Election, plain and simple!” he wrote last month - appears clearly aimed at delegitimizing the vote in advance, and there’s evidence that this effort is having the intended effect on some of his supporters. There are numerous examples of his utter disregard for the rule of law, from the abuse of power that led to his impeachment to his unprecedented attacks on peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. Trump has several times “ joked” about serving more than his constitutionally permitted two terms, and has often expressed admiration for authoritarian leaders who have sidelined democracy to stay in power. Unfortunately, there’s good reason for the concern, and the planning that’s being undertaken by Democrats and good-government advocates to address scenarios like these is necessary and important. Trump “may well resort to any kind of trick, ploy, or scheme he can in order to hold onto his presidency,” Bob Bauer, a veteran Democrat election lawyer and Joe Biden’s personal attorney, has said. In case you didn’t have enough to worry about, opponents of President Trump are starting to go public with a fear that has long lurked just beneath the surface of America’s political conversation: that he will refuse to accept the legitimacy of an electoral defeat, or use some extra-legal means to stay in power, triggering a constitutional crisis. Advance Constitutional Change Show / hide.National Task Force on Democracy Reform & the Rule of Law.Government Targeting of Minority Communities Show / hide.Campaign Finance in the Courts Show / hide.Gerrymandering & Fair Representation Show / hide.Ensure Every American Can Vote Show / hide. ![]()
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