I think Thune just told the felon he doesn't have the votes to go nuclear to get his SAVE act passed.

[pat_k]

11. My vote: EO is an empty threat we will not hear about again after a bit more bluster next week.

Sycophants may well come up with some bullshit EO that purports to impose a national voter ID and Documentary Proof of Citizenship "law" to placate the maniac felon, but if they do, it will go the same way the attempt to prosecute members of congress for stating a legal fact went. Nowhere.

The district courts would undoubtedly laugh their heads off at an EO that purported to somehow override state election laws. And I do not see SCOTUS overturning on this one.

I would be shocked if they did (but we have seen such shocks, so...)

Summaries of the current state of affairs on voter ID and proof of citizenship:

https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state

https://ballotpedia.org/Proof_of_citizenship_requirements_for_voter_registration_by_state