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Nevilledog

(51,233 posts)
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 10:29 PM Nov 2020

Fuck yeah! Black voters in Detroit are suing Trump for violating the Voting Rights Act



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Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
New: Black voters in Detroit and a voting rights group, repped by @NAACP_LDF, are suing Trump in federal court, accusing him of violating the Voting Rights Act by trying to undermine the election results in Michigan https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7331895/11-20-20-Michigan-Welfare-Rights-Org-v-Trump.pdf
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Fuck yeah! Black voters in Detroit are suing Trump for violating the Voting Rights Act (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP
for the past few years, I've had fantasies handmade34 Nov 2020 #1
Nice! lisa58 Nov 2020 #2
Hey Trump! underpants Nov 2020 #3
Stealing! Nevilledog Nov 2020 #4
Please do underpants Nov 2020 #8
Sharing is caring Nevilledog Nov 2020 #9
Hey Trump! ItsjustMe Nov 2020 #35
Sue the pants off that goddamned motherfucker Blue Owl Nov 2020 #5
YES, Fuck Yeah! Rt.. Damn Straight.. TY! Cha Nov 2020 #6
There you go. A taste of his own medicine. Except this case has a basis in reality. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #7
They need to do this in Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Atlanta too Rice4VP Nov 2020 #10
Agreed! nt crickets Nov 2020 #11
agreed...... make his lawyers play defense Takket Nov 2020 #26
Turn around is fair play Deuxcents Nov 2020 #12
Ty, Black Detroit voters! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author SheltieLover Nov 2020 #14
If he tries to screw with GA again we should sue too. mdbl Nov 2020 #15
+1000. nt ecstatic Nov 2020 #18
YAAASSS! iluvtennis Nov 2020 #16
Good! Nt ecstatic Nov 2020 #17
Relief sought..... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2020 #19
section 11b of the voting rights act says...... Takket Nov 2020 #25
Yes, and it does not say...... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2020 #27
Good! He's not the only one who can sue. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #20
Someone should sue for violation of their 10th amendment rights. Marcuse Nov 2020 #21
A blue wave of lawsuits from cities across America would be awesome. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2020 #22
Anybody got a link to donate? nt Susan Calvin Nov 2020 #23
Michiganders don't take shit from no one, especially that thing currently infesting the Whited House catbyte Nov 2020 #24
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2020 #28
Good! Upthevibe Nov 2020 #29
K & R Thank You! Budi Nov 2020 #30
Twitter reply: Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #31
Good. Maybe Dems should be doing a lot of suing. One reason Trump Slime & Co is suing so much is Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #32
Can't wait to see if this gets to the SCOTUS. Just to think about whether any Republicans will ancianita Nov 2020 #33
Georgia take note .... live love laugh Nov 2020 #34

Midnight Writer

(21,819 posts)
7. There you go. A taste of his own medicine. Except this case has a basis in reality.
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 10:56 PM
Nov 2020

And they need to get these Michigan GOP legislators to testify.

Right now they are denying that they discussed the election with Trump.

I'd like to see them testify to that under oath.

Takket

(21,649 posts)
26. agreed...... make his lawyers play defense
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 12:49 AM
Nov 2020

the more time we wastes fighting our lawsuits, the less time he has to pollute the justice system with his own

Response to Nevilledog (Original post)

mdbl

(4,976 posts)
15. If he tries to screw with GA again we should sue too.
Fri Nov 20, 2020, 11:56 PM
Nov 2020

I was an absentee voter who doesn't want his vote invalidated.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,498 posts)
19. Relief sought.....
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 12:10 AM
Nov 2020

Snip from PDF:

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray that this Court:

(A) Declare that Defendants have engaged in conduct violating Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act;
Case 1:20-cv-03388 Document 1 Filed 11/20/20

(B) Enjoin Defendants, and anyone acting on behalf of Defendants or in concert with them, from continuing to exert pressure on state or local officials in Michigan, or in any other state, to disenfranchise Plaintiffs or other Black voters by not certifying the results of the November 2020 election, or by appointing an unlawful slate of electors that disenfranchises Plaintiffs or other Black voters or from taking other action in violation of Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act; and

(C) Grant such other relief as this Court may deem just and proper.

In other words, they want the court to tell tRump and his band of thieves to STFU.

KY..............

Takket

(21,649 posts)
25. section 11b of the voting rights act says......
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 12:48 AM
Nov 2020

&quot b) No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for voting or attempting to vote, or intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for urging or aiding any person to vote or attempt to vote, or intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for exercising any powers or duties under section 3(a), 6, 8, 9, 10, or 12(e). "

sounds like a decent case to me.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,498 posts)
27. Yes, and it does not say......
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 01:03 AM
Nov 2020

said attempts have to be a physical action at a polling location. Can possibly be verbal or visual intimidation by phone, mail, internet or even a sign or billboard.

Very broad, as it should be.........

Thanks for the post.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
32. Good. Maybe Dems should be doing a lot of suing. One reason Trump Slime & Co is suing so much is
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 01:25 AM
Nov 2020

to give the appearance that something is wrong to those many, many Americans who don't pay that close attention to politics. We need to fight for real, but also in the arena of propaganda, where Rs are winning because we so often don't engage.

ancianita

(36,161 posts)
33. Can't wait to see if this gets to the SCOTUS. Just to think about whether any Republicans will
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 01:28 AM
Nov 2020

or won't see and feel themselves and their silence judged, as well.

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