How a Supreme Court Case From the 1970s Can Help Prevent a Trump Takeover of the Midterms

How a Supreme Court Case From the 1970s Can Help Prevent a Trump Takeover of the Midterms

Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Derek T. Muller, University of Notre Dame The recent FBI search of the Fulton County, Georgia, elections facility and the seizure of election-related materials pursuant to a warrant has attracted concern for what it might mean for future elections. What if a determined executive branch used federal law enforcement to seize election materials to sow distrust in the results of the 2026 midterm …

How a largely forgotten Supreme Court case can help prevent an executive branch takeover of federal elections

by Derek T. Muller, University of Notre Dame, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The recent FBI search of the Fulton County, Georgia, elections facility and the seizure of election-related materials pursuant to a warrant has attracted concern for what it might mean for future elections. What if a determined executive branch used federal law enforcement to seize election materials to sow distrust in the…