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Trump violates the Constitution & Grievances of the Declaration of Independence

To: Sen. Van Hollen, Rep. Harris, Sen. Alsobrooks

From: A constituent in White Hall, MD

April 15

In this Letter, I provide specific excerpts to the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence to illustrate specifically which the Trump administration, has flagrantly and repeatedly violated. Referencing the Declaration of Independence first, selected from the list of Grievances the colonies had against King George: He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-admin-ignores-judges-order-bring-deportation-planes/story?id=119857181 He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/16/maine-under-attack-trump-mills-clash-is-followed-by-chaos-and-confusion/ He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. https://www.aclu.org/trump-on-lgbtq-rights He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. https://www.nilc.org/resources/faq-the-trump-immigration-registration-requirement/ He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/trump-deportation-el-salvador-president/682436/ He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23vkd57471o For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-inner-circle-warning/ For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2025/4/10/economic-effects-of-president-trumps-tariffs For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-deporting-citizens For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/abrego-garcia-trump-deportations-el-salvador.html With regard to the Constitution, the Trump administration has violated Article I. Further, the following Amendments have routinely been flouted and outright violated with regards to citizens and residents of this nation with whom Trump and the GOP feel no common cause, despite their constitutional rights and protections: Amendments I, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XIV, XV, XXIV Trump also floated ignoring Amendment XXII. History will know where those who have supported this administration stand, and it is not with the righteous or just.

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