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malaise

(268,980 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 07:25 PM Nov 2016

Trump 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-live

http://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
They'll do it anyway underpants Nov 2016 #1
Just imagine the level of law breaking that will go on if Trump gets eleced world wide wally Nov 2016 #2
The constitution and the rule of law woud be in tatters under Trump The Genealogist Nov 2016 #3
Not happening malaise Nov 2016 #4
A lot of America is. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2016 #5

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
3. The constitution and the rule of law woud be in tatters under Trump
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 07:48 PM
Nov 2016

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.

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