According to the latest reports, it seems that the US President has just been sued over the executive order interfering in state elections. Check out the latest reports about this below.
Joe Biden gets sued over executive order that interfered in state elections
A group of 24 Republican lawmakers from Pennsylvania has filed a federal complaint against President Joe Biden, Governor Josh Shapiro, and representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of State.
They allege that these officials have exceeded their authority by altering voter registration and election rules without the approval of the state legislature.
The complaint, which was reported by the Epoch Times, states that according to the Elections Clause and the Electors Clause of the United States Constitution, state legislators have the sole constitutional right to determine election procedures.
The president, governor, or any other executive officials, such as the secretary of state, are not authorized to create, rewrite, or disregard laws established by the legislature.
The legislators claim that they have been unconstitutionally excluded from the legislative process that governs federal elections for president and Congress, which violates their rights under the Constitution.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, as reported: Pennsylvania state Reps. Dawn Keefer, Timothy Bonner, Barry Jozwiak, Barbara Gleim, Joseph Hamm, Wendy Fink, Robert Kauffman, Stephanie Borowicz, Donald (Bud) Cook, Paul Michael Jones, Joseph D’Orsie, Charity Krupa, Leslie Rossi, David Zimmerman, Robert Leadbeter, Dan Moul, Thomas Jones, David Maloney, Timothy Twardzik, David Rowe, Joanne Stehr, Aaron Bernstine, Kathy Rapp, and state Sen. Cris Dush.
A case has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, seeking to declare three measures unconstitutional. These measures are President Biden’s voter registration executive order, Shapiro’s voter registration action, and certain Department of State directions.
The petitioners have requested that the court impose an injunction banning the president, governor, and state executives from making any future changes to Pennsylvania’s electoral process without going through the legislative process first.
As per the court filings, only the legislature is responsible for enacting election procedures, including voter registration. In 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14019, mandating all federal agencies to produce a strategy for promoting voter registration and engagement.
In 2022, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that federal health centers across the country would now have the ability to participate in activities like voter registration, which are not included in the health center program initiative.
“Such voter registration activities may include making available voter registration materials to patients, encouraging patients to register to vote, assisting patients with completing registration forms, sending completed forms to the election authorities, providing voter registration materials in waiting rooms, and allowing private, non-partisan organizations to conduct on-site voter registration,” reads the HHS website.
