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Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’

From The Guardian · () English

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  • Veteran lawyers, voting experts and former judges are expanding legal challenges against Donald Trump’s executive orders on elections and other presidential actions.
  • The Democracy Defenders Fund, Campaign Legal Center, ACLU and allied groups say the orders threaten voting rights and state authority over elections.
  • The groups describe the broader actions as an attack on the rule of law and democracy.

A coalition of advocacy groups backed by veteran lawyers, voting experts and former judges is escalating its legal fight against Donald Trump’s actions on elections and voting.

full-out assault on democracy

· Advocacy groupsDescription of the groups’ characterization of Donald Trump’s actions.

The groups are challenging two executive orders that they say would curb voting rights and replace the authority of states in election matters. They have also broadened challenges to other presidential actions they view as part of what they describe as a “war” on the rule of law.

The legal opposition includes the Democracy Defenders Fund, the Campaign Legal Center and the American Civil Liberties Union, along with similar organizations. Their work brings together specialists in election law and voting rights, as well as former judges.

self-serving attempts to take over midterms

· Advocacy groupsCondemnation of Trump’s efforts involving midterm elections.

The groups condemn what they call Trump’s “self-serving attempts to take over midterms” and describe his actions as a “full-out assault on democracy.” Their challenges focus on the scope of presidential power and the role of states in administering elections.

war

· Advocacy groupsDescription of the actions they believe threaten the rule of law.
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