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Monday, March 3

Trump’s bid to take over postal service could threaten mail voting

* President Donald Trump reportedly plans to sign an executive order to take over the USPS by dissolving its leadership and placing it under his administration. This move could grant Trump and his team immense power over mail-in ballots, a key target in Republican election fraud rhetoric — and advocates of vote by mail tell Democracy Docket they’re worried. Read here ([link removed]) to learn more.

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California judge allows Huntington Beach voter ID law case to continue

* A California judge reversed ([link removed]) his dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Huntington Beach's voter ID law. The judge said litigation can proceed now that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) new law banning local voter ID requirements has taken effect.

Judge says Trump exceeded authority in firing whistleblower agency head

* Saturday night a federal judge ruled ([link removed]) that Trump's firing of Hampton Dellinger, the head of a key federal whistleblower agency, was illegal. The judge has ordered the Trump administration to recognize Dellinger as the head of the Office of Special Counsel.
* The district court Monday denied the Trump admin’s request to pause its ruling. It also filed a similar request in the DC Circuit, which will be fully briefed by Thursday at noon.

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The so called Department of Government Efficiency is composed of unvetted outsiders who have forced their way into the government’s most protected systems without care or consideration for the safeguards created by Congress to keep our data safe. Join the ACLU in calling on Congress to step up and check the president’s violations of our rights. ([link removed])

The radical unitary executive theory and Trump, explained

* Trump is taking unprecedented actions to assert his control over the federal government. Behind these efforts is the unitary executive theory ([link removed]) , a once-fringe legal idea that asserts the president has unlimited power to control the actions of the four million people who make up the executive branch. In a new YouTube video, Marc explains ([link removed]) this theory.

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