Dossier
Slaughter decision
Coverage of Slaughter decision in the Nexus archive.
- Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process
President Donald Trump removed members of the Election Assistance Commission who opposed his push to require voters to document U.S. citizenship before registration. The action follows a Supreme Court ruling granting the president authority to dismiss agency board members, and the White House cited efforts to secure elections and ensure legal votes are counted.
- Trump removes remaining members of the federal Election Assistance Commission
President Trump removed the remaining members of the federal Election Assistance Commission, with Democratic commissioners Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland fired and Republican Christy McCormick resigning. The agency now has no commissioners, and the White House cited the Slaughter decision as justification.