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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump campaign hit with restraining order over voter intimidation fears
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/nov/04/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-swing-states-election-2016-campaign-livehttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/civil-rights-lawyer-tweets-voter-suppression-hearing-donald-trump
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In a surprise ruling, a US district judge in Ohio issued a restraining order against Donald Trump's campaign to prevent anyone working on the campaign from harassing and intimidating voters at the polls on Tuesday.
The order came after a two-hour hearing in which the judge pressed Trump's lawyer to justify the candidate's inflammatory rhetoric about voter fraud. It also applies to close Trump adviser Roger Stone, who has organized poll-watching activities, and the "officers, agents, servants, and employees" of Trump and Stone.
Voter fraud has been a popular theme among Republicans this year, from Trump to state Republican leaders who cite fraud as a reason to make it more difficult to vote. But as Friday's ruling shows, it's a lot easier to warn about fraud on the campaign trail than in front of a judge.
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Trump campaign hit with restraining order over voter intimidation fears (Original Post)
malaise
Nov 2016
OP
Just imagine the level of law breaking that will go on if Trump gets eleced
world wide wally
Nov 2016
#2
underpants
(182,791 posts)1. They'll do it anyway
They're a holes
world wide wally
(21,742 posts)2. Just imagine the level of law breaking that will go on if Trump gets eleced
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)3. The constitution and the rule of law woud be in tatters under Trump
It is clear from his rhetoric that he has no concept of how the government works, he has no regard for the constitution, no regard for the law. He'd just do whatever he wants.
malaise
(268,980 posts)4. Not happening
America is not that stupid
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)5. A lot of America is.
Hopefully, not enough to let that massive mistake happen.