Darkness Is Falling On America
When you read the title, I suppose your first thought was, “oh, he’s being melodramatic.” You’re wrong, I’m prescient. It would be good if I were wrong, but all signs indicate that I’m not.
Trump has signed an Executive Order stating that the Executive has broad authority over the management, “the integrity,” of federal elections. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Constitution grants Congress limited authority over the place, time and manner of federal elections and nothing more. There is no stated role for the Executive under the Constitution. Trump is weaving from whole cloth a new role for the executive, one never asserted before, one ensuring his chances for himself and his party to remain in office basically forever. Trump has told us he would seek a third term and he told us there “were ways.” Now we see exactly what he has in mind.
One thing is clear about the Supreme Court, they are afraid to call anything unconstitutional. We’ll see what Roberts does with this one when it reaches him.