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Photo: Francisco Seco/Francisco Seco/AP/dpa
Politics
Trump Is Getting Tired of Losing Election Cases
July 9, 2026 | reading time: 7 Min.
Earlier this year, President Trump claimed a new area of expertise: election law. “I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject,” Trump wrote on social media, and found an “irrefutable one” that he would soon present. He suggested that it would allow him to bypass Congress and gain approval from the courts to impose his will on the nation’s locally run election system, including requiring voters to show identification while casting ballots in the upcoming midterms.