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The President Has Zero Power Over Elections - The Constitution Is Clear
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July 19, 2026
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In a Friday evening recap, Hawk starts with Chris Hayes and election law expert Rick Hasen mapping out nightmare scenarios for the midterms. Hawk's throughline is constitutional: the president has no power over elections, which are run by states and localities, and there is no mechanism for declaring a national emergency to federalize them. He revisits Trump's speech, noting the "raw intelligence" about China amounts to unvetted tips while the actually released documents show Russia interfered in 2020 to benefit Trump.
He turns to Todd Blanche's confirmation, where Thom Tillis said he would not vote yes until Blanche met with Epstein survivors, a meeting that reportedly went badly. Hawk lays out the timeline around the unsigned DOJ memo that closed the Epstein matter, the strategy meeting that followed, and the two days Blanche spent interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell before her transfer. He notes the Epstein Files Transparency Act that Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie wrote in response.
A Fox News segment reminds Susan Collins her votes may haunt her in a state that leans Democratic, MSNBC finds unhappy MAGA voters in Iowa, and Hawk closes on his recurring point: the real danger is the weeks between Election Day and the new Congress.
#RickHasen #ChrisHayes #SusanCollins #ToddBlanche #ThomTillis #DonaldTrump #JohnRatcliffe #RoKhanna #ThomasMassie #GhislaineMaxwell #JimHimes #Midterms #Elections #EpsteinFiles #Iowa #Maine #Politics #News #Senate #Hawk
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