Summary

The Democratic National Committee and two other party committees have sued Trump over Executive Order 14215, which claims authority to seize control of the Federal Elections Commission.

The lawsuit argues this violates federal law and threatens free elections.

The order also claims power over other agencies including the SEC, FTC, and NLRB.

Democrats contend this executive overreach contradicts constitutional principles and a century of Supreme Court precedent upholding Congress’s authority to insulate certain agencies from presidential control.

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    6 days ago

    How long is it going to take Bernie, AOC et all to walk out of the Democratic Party and start their own?

    That’s the only solution. Hopefully some moderate Republicans do the same (create their own party), and finally America will have a democracy…

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      IMHO we won’t have one until we adopt a European style election where we have more than 2 viable parties and the electoral college is abolished.

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      6 days ago

      How long is it going to take Bernie, AOC et all to walk out of the Democratic Party and start their own?

      Hopefully less than 2 years.