Mastodawn

"There are already federal laws that ban armed federal agents at polling stations. But since Trump owns federal law enforcement, that doesn’t matter. What this model does is recommend states pass their own laws which follow the language of those federal laws as closely as possible. When state and federal law come into conflict, federal law is supreme. But only when the federal government is acting in a constitutional and lawful capacity. Since these new state laws would only be outlawing what is already against federal law they are only outlawing actions which by definition cannot be lawful."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tell-your-state-to-pass-this-model-law-now

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Tell Your State To Pass This No-ICE-At-Our Precincts Model Law. NOW.

I’ve gotten a number of helpful responses to my post from earlier...

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Jason Lefkowitz 1d ago

I just want to flag the above extra hard for those of you who live in a blue state. If you've been looking for something you can do to protect the elections, asking your state legislators to support the model legislation Josh cites in his post is a simple and useful thing you can do. And if you live in a blue state, they may even listen

@jalefkowit the united states a federal project is just so ... fucking interesting. Because it mixes pure unabashed legalism with might is right mentality, which are fundamentally conflicting principles.