Almost every arm of the Democratic Party in a lawsuit filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday night, on the pretext that a recent executive order signed by the president seeking a documentary proof of citizenship and other voting reforms is unconstitutional.
The prejudices of 70 pages, filed at the Federal Provincial Court in Washington, accuses the head of significantly to overcome his authority to “destroy the electoral stadium in its favor and against its political competitors.” President Trump and many members of his administration are listed as defendants.
“Although it is widely reflects the president’s personal grievances, conspiracy beliefs, and denial of elections, there is no (and cannot) define any legal authority he possesses to impose such comprehensive changes on how Americans vote,” the lawsuit says. “The reason is clear: the president does not have any such authority.”
The lawsuit repeatedly argues that the constitution does not give the president any explicit authority to organize the elections, noting that the election item in the constitution is “at the heart of this measure.” This item says that the countries have placed “times, places and method” for the elections, leaving them to determine the rules, supervising the vote and trying to prevent fraud. Congress may also pass federal voting laws.
While Democrats discuss the best way to challenge the rapid expansion of the Trump administration of the executive authority, the lawsuit represents one of the first moments when each party’s arm appears to appear with one voice.
Such unity is additional evidence that Democrats are still viewing the issue of democracy as a basic of their political brands, in addition to a major issue that can help them support support with voters because they aim to build a new alliance before the renewal elections in 2026. In February, Democrats Lay a lawsuit against the Trump administration On attempts to control the Federal Electoral Committee. Weeks ago, DNC Join a suit On the new voting laws in Georgia.
the Executive order signed by Mr. Trump Last week, it calls for a documentary to the citizenship requirements for voters to register in the federal elections. It also aims to set a national deadline for the polling cards via mail by threatening to block federal financing from any state that accepts polling cards before the election day, but it arrives in the following days. There are at least 17 states that have a ruling that allows some late ballot cards to be calculated.
The matter has sought to give federal agencies, including the team led by Elon Musk, known as the Ministry of Governmental efficiency, to reach the state’s lists in the state to verify “consistency with federal requirements”.
“The Trump administration stands for free, fair and honest elections,” Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman, said in a statement.
“Democrats continue to show their contempt for the constitution and continue to show their crazy objections to the executive procedures of the message that the president is required to prove American citizenship in an attempt to protect the safety of the American elections,” said Mr. Fields.
The executive order directs the election assistance committee, a federal agency established by Congress in 2002 to assist election officials in their work, to impose the condition of establishing a citizen.
But the lawsuit says this is illegal as well, as Congress “means the agency is” an independent entity. “
“President Trump’s order will disappear this design in Congress,” the lawsuit states.
The executive, as it is now, can prohibit voters on a large scale. About 21.3 million people do not have evidence of the available citizenship easily, according to 2023 Study by the Brennan Center for JusticeSettings and Democracy Rights Group. And tens of thousands of polls were placed in the mail before the election day is still late. In Washington, which is voting globally by mail, more than 250,000 polling cards have reached the time after the election day in the 2024 presidential election, according to the data From the Office of the Foreign Minister.
Regarding submitting the deadline for polling in the order, the lawsuit argues that Congress “has repeatedly showed his understanding that the final dates for receiving the poll are a state, not federal,”. He also cited the Supreme Court judge, Brett Cavano, who was appointed by Mr. Trump during his first term, as he agreed that allowing the voices of absence sent by the election day and received a “long -term” policy “dedicated to the states.”
The lawsuit also indicates the possibility of depriving the collective.
“None of the conditions related to public welfare,” the lawsuit states. “Every case will improve the rights of qualified voters, which are not compatible with representative democracy.”
The lawsuit was submitted on behalf of the National Democratic Committee alongside the Senator Democratic Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congress Campaign, the Democratic Referees Association, the leader of the Senate Minority Chuck Schumer and the leader of the minority in the House of Representatives Hakim Jeffrez.
In a lengthy note announced the lawsuit, the committees, Mr. Shomer and Mr. Jeffrez issued a joint statement.
They said: “This executive is an extension of the unconstitutional power by Donald Trump attacking voting by mail, and Dog gives sensitive personal information and makes it difficult for countries to hold free and fair elections.” “Donald Trump and Doge do this as an attempt to rationalize the theories of conspiracy that has been exposed again and again and set the basis for the introduction of legal votes and ignore the results of the elections they do not like.”
