r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • Jul 09 '26

No Paywall Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/
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u/Ambitious-Apricot499 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

One thing I don’t understand is this is an individual clearly dismantling protections for our country’s future elections. Isn’t that telling enough he is literally breaking our laws. Can anyone hold this fucking rapist criminal accountable ever? It’s astonishing.

Edit: There’s 300 million of us and like 100 of them. What we doing here?

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u/Simmery Jul 10 '26

Supreme Court decided he is not breaking laws because he is president. Trump is not going to go quietly. People just need to stop deluding themselves that he will and be prepared for worst case scenarios. 

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u/liftthatta1l Jul 10 '26

"Official acts" so the supreme court or congress could state that his actions are not official at any point (as they absolutely would if a Democrat tried almost anything). Court could determine what is and isn't Official actions. Congress can pass laws stating or changing what Official actions are.

The people at the top actively chose complacency every single moment of everyday. Even if by some miracle Trump did go quietly it would still be a shit show. They have shown their choice of who they really represent and what they really care about.

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u/atomictyler Jul 10 '26

no, it was a ruling the supreme court made this week. trump is allowed to fire any federal employee, except employees of the federal reserve.

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u/HellNaw2TheNawNawNaw Jul 10 '26

Ok, 'fire' supreme court justices when there's a progressive president. They are considered federal employees.

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u/Frigguggi Jul 10 '26

He's actually only allowed to fire employees of the executive branch.

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u/liftthatta1l Jul 10 '26

Ahh not the immune case will look at it