"Deja Vu All Over Again"

The absurdity of the President's election lawlessness, and how our movement will stop him in court yet again... and keep doing so, even if it feels like Groundhog Day.

If you feel like we’ve been here before, it’s because we have.

In March 2025, the Trump administration attempted to illegally rewrite the rules of our federal elections through an executive order, and our movement’s strategic litigation partner — Campaign Legal Center (CLC) — swiftly defeated it in court.

Fast forward to March 31, 2026, and the administration is doubling down on the same absurdity. Despite the clear constitutional boundaries established by our movement’s previous victory, the President has issued yet another executive order (EO) designed to strip millions of Americans of their fundamental freedom to vote. Thankfully, CLC is back in court to stop this lawlessness once again.

The Anatomy of Absurd Overreach

This latest directive isn’t just a policy change; it’s an attempt to manufacture a national election system that the President has no legal authority to create. The order relies on three “lawless” pillars that ignore the separation of powers:

1) The “Verified” Database Trap. The President is ordering the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to compile a list of “confirmed” U.S. citizens to be sent to states. The absurdity? This database relies on stale and faulty data that has been repeatedly proven incomplete and unreliable. Using this “verification” to restrict voting only serves to disenfranchise millions of eligible Americans.

2) Weaponizing the Post Office. In a move that ignores the Constitution entirely, the EO directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to only deliver mail-in ballots to individuals on a newly created federal list. The Constitution grants Congress—not the President—the exclusive power to make laws governing the delivery of mail. The President has zero authority to issue these demands to the USPS, which is meant to serve the public, not political interests.

3) Bullying Election Officials. The order goes so far as to direct the U.S. Attorney General to investigate and prosecute hard-working local election officials who do not use this new, faulty federal list. It is a blatant attempt to exert executive control over a process that the Constitution explicitly gives to the states and Congress.

Why We’ll Stop Him in Court (Again)

The law hasn’t changed since the last time the administration tried this. The President is attempting to unconstitutionally shape the electorate to his will and sow doubt in the security of our elections.

CLC has filed a lawsuit to prevent this illegal order from taking effect, reminding the courts of three simple truths:

1) The President has no constitutional authority over our elections.

2) The President cannot dictate operations to the independent USPS.

3) Forcing states to preserve election materials for five years — when federal law only requires 22 months — is a direct violation of existing statute.

Protecting the Future of Our Democracy

Voting by mail expands access to the ballot and strengthens our democracy. Attempting to limit that access through “stale data” and “illegal demands” is an abuse of power that we cannot allow to become the new normal.

Our movement beat the last illegal anti-voter executive order in court, and we have the army of lawyers to do it again. The Constitution is clear on the limits of executive power, and no matter what the President claims, he cannot override the law of the land.

“Campaign Legal Center won’t let that happen — join us today to protect the freedom to vote for millions of Americans.”

Do you think these repeated attempts at election overreach are a strategy to normalize executive control, or are they simply a reaction to previous legal defeats?