Twelve attorneys general from Republican states filed litigation arguing the President of the United States can dictate election policy to the states.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
The record supports the count: 12 states intervened in the Supreme Court litigation backing Trump's election executive order, and CNN describes Republican AGs pressing courts to back his mail-voting rules.
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… We saw litigation on behalf of several states, nearly half the states, all of them, as it turns out, democratically led. We saw litigation on behalf of voting rights groups as well. In Boston and d.c. We also, interestingly, saw litigation on behalf of 12 attorneys general in Republican states, who argued for the first time? I can ever recall a Republican, anywhere in the country, ever arguing that the president of the United States can dictate election policy to the states, with the swipe of a pen. They continue this intervention on these cases to this day, and they continue to stake out that position. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The same filing says the 12 intervening states argued only that the plaintiff states lack standing and that their claims are not ripe, not that the President has authority to set election policy for the states.[1]
Contradicts. The filing describes the executive order as an intra-branch directive that, of its own force, does not change anything about elections in any State, which cuts against the claim that it dictates policy to the states.[1]
Supports. The Supreme Court stay filing says the federal defendants and 12 states that intervened in support of the executive order sought a stay of the injunction.[1]
Supports. CNN reports that Republican attorneys general have backed President Trump's election agenda by pressing courts to greenlight his proposed crackdown on mail voting.[3][4]
Context. The executive order was challenged by 23 Democratic-led states and D.C., and a court struck it down, finding the President lacked constitutional authority to order changes to how states administer federal elections.[1][2][5]
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5 sources: 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1No. 26Asupremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 2Attorney General Ford, Secretary of State Aguilar ...ag.nv.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3‘Theatrical’ litigation: Republican AGs fight for Trump ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4‘Theatrical' litigation: Republican AGs fight for Trump voting rules that their election officials say they can't implementedition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Multistate litigation a driving force in federal policyazcapitoltimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
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