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A federal judge called the Trump campaign into court Wednesday afternoon after Nevada Democrats filed a lawsuit claiming that the campaign and Republican officials in Nevada have violated the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. The lawsuit alleges that Trumps campaign and the officials it represents are guilty of stripping away the civil rights of Americans.
The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, also called the Civil Rights Act of 1871 or the Force Act of 1871, was one of several important Civil Rights Acts passed by Congress during Reconstruction in the period following the Civil War, when the victorious northern states attempted to create a new political order in the South. The act was intended to protect African Americans from violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a white supremacist group.
With the use of intimidation tactics, GOP officials and the Trump campaign have apparently hindered certain groups of people from voting in the 2016 presidential election by using scare tactics that make some voters feel unsafe. Trump supporters previous acts of physical violence against anyone who disagrees with them is reason enough for women and minorities to be intimidated.
The lawsuit asks for a temporary restraining order, which Trumps campaign will be ordered to respond to in court today. Democrats from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Arizona have also joined in on the suit with similar claims about their states GOP party representatives violating the Ku Klux Klan Act.
http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/11/02/breaking-trump-and-gop-officials-ordered-to-appear-in-court-for-violating-kkk-act-of-1871-details/
TexasTowelie
(112,226 posts)I posted about this topic last night:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141614662
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)That is the relief sought. We'll know soon enough.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)and a disgrace to the office of President.
BumRushDaShow
(129,064 posts)On Friday morning, a federal district court will hear arguments in a dispute between the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee over whether the RNC, the Trump campaign, and its allies are violating a long-standing consent decree barring the RNC from engaging in intimidation of minority voters at the polls. Its not the only case being heard on an emergency basis this week: Democrats have filed suit against Donald Trump, Republican state parties, and Trump ally Roger Stone in the battleground states of Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In the Nevada suit, Stone has been ordered to explain at a separate Friday hearing what his questionable Stop the Steal organization is planning for Election Day.
But regardless of how these hearings go Friday, the lawsuits have already borne fruit by getting the campaign on the record with its plans and promises not to intimidate voters. In an important development on Thursday afternoon, the Trump campaign in response to the lawsuits sent an email to Nevada campaign workers describing for them what constitutes illegal harassment and what constitutes good behavior. By getting Trump on the record promising not to harass voters with its ballot security activities, the Democrats have significantly lessened the chances of Trump-driven voter intimidation on Election Day.
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It is not clear what the judge in the DNC versus RNC case will do or what the other judges will do in the state-centered lawsuits that could actually help on Election Day. It might seem that an order from the courts for these entities not to engage in voter intimidation would be too vague to be enforced, and in any case such an order would not deal with any rogue Trump vigilantes who might head to polling places to make trouble.
While it is true that we cannot discount the problem of Trump vigilantes, the suit has forced the RNC, state parties, and the Trump campaign to disclose their official plans. In the Nevada suit, for example, the morning after the court held an emergency hearing, the Trump campaign sent out an email to all those supporters who signed up to be poll-watchers in Nevada that carefully limits the circumstances in which they can try to challenge voters. All over the materials are calls for Trump supporters to avoid anything that looks like voter intimidation.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2016/11/trump_campaign_promises_not_to_intimidate_voters_on_election_day_that_s.html
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,064 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)he lost a similar suit in NC maybe he'll lose here too
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Reconstruction till early 20th Century...and beyond in parts, and too many hearts, of America.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Any idea where this is from?
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Women racists. Who knew.
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Klan-Racism-Gender-1920s/dp/0520257871
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)They look like witches. Granny, mother and child. Makes me shudder. Thanks for the link.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)up the Klan Act.
Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)un-effing-be-lievable.