It’s no secret that Donald Trump has an almost limitless view of his own powers as president. He has constantly tested the tolerance of the federal courts for his power grabs by issuing an array of audacious executive orders ( 191 so far in his second term). One that hit an immediate judicial roadblock was a March 25 order on “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.” It sought to impose fresh voter-ID requirements, regulate state voting-machine systems, and ban the postelection receipt of mail ballots postmarked before Election Day. The order reflected several well-known MAGA fables about election fraud (widespread noncitizen voting, rigged voting machines, and stuffed postelection ballot boxes) that Trump first deployed in his infamous effort to overturn his 202

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