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Hansi Lo Wang

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175 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

It specifically calls for the Trump administration to create lists of adult U.S.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

citizens in each state.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

And states can review and suggest changes to those lists.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

And the Postal Service would be banned from delivering mail-in ballots to anyone not on those lists.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

A lot of questions.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

Well, we have Democrats suing.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

We have voting rights groups suing, civil rights groups suing, a group of overseas and military voters suing.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

And I'm watching to see if some states start suing.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

You know, Colorado Secretary of State told me she's been in touch with the state attorney general's office for a potential lawsuit in Colorado as a state.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

where every registered voter receives a mail-in ballot automatically.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

And so there are some other states with this universal vote-by-mail that might want to line up with their own lawsuits.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

And the main legal argument in the lawsuits filed so far is that Trump is overstepping his authority by issuing an order that would basically create new rules for voting by mail in federal elections.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

The Constitution gives the power for making those rules

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

to state legislatures and Congress.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

And if you're looking for a specific citation, you know, Article 1, Section 4, the times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

I can go on.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

But this is clearly in the Constitution, and that's making up the main legal argument you see in these lawsuits.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

Another interesting legal claim is

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

is that Trump does not have the power to direct the Postal Service to make rules about who is allowed to receive mail imbalance.

The NPR Politics Podcast
Trump tries to shape mail-in voting with executive order

You know, the lawsuits are arguing those kinds of rules would overstep the Postal Service's power.