The Brennan Center and more than two dozen other organizations have sent a letter to Governor Whitmer urging her to recall the Michigan National Guard members she sent to Washington, DC, at President Trump’s request.
The federal government keeps abusing its authority to undermine the midterms, but a string of defeats reaffirms that its power over elections is limited.
From declaring a national emergency to invoking the Insurrection Act, the president has no legal authority to seize voting machines or send troops to the polls — and he doesn’t have any power to declare martial law at all.
