Conservatives clash with Trump on leaving abortion up to voters POLITICO

The former president is a defendant in four criminal cases and three civil cases — and they could all go to trial before the 2024 election.

Washington has the “ability to freeze them again if we need to,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.

The once-fringe legal theory broadly argued that state courts have little — or no — authority to question state legislatures on election laws for federal contests.