Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
www.democracydocket.com
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
  • PlantJam@lemmy.world
    27·
    2 days ago

    What exactly are people supposed to do to stop it? It turns out all the enforcement mechanisms we were taught about in school were nothing more than gentlemen’s agreements.

    • Fredselfish@sh.itjust.works
      14·
      2 days ago

      Exactly the only thing the Trump expose just how much or government rules and laws and the constitution are just pieces of paper that don’t enforce nothing.

      • PlantJam@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 days ago

        Yup. They’re all rules, but if enough people stop following the rules the whole thing falls apart. In this case the real enforcement mechanism is impeachment and removal, but that obviously isn’t happening any time soon.

    • MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dkEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      Completely unrelated, but here is something that trump said about a policital opponent once:

      “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don’t know.”