US appeals court rules Trump cannot implement mail-in voting order
The 2-1 ruling leaves a lower-court injunction in place after judges said key parts of the order lacked statutory authority.
- On Saturday, the Boston-based 1st Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration's request to lift an injunction, maintaining the block on Trump's executive order affecting mail-in voting in 23 states.
- President Donald Trump signed the order in The March, directing Homeland Security to compile voter eligibility lists and requiring the Postal Service to restrict mail-in ballot delivery.
- District Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, ruled the president lacks authority to regulate election procedures; the Constitution assigns the role of administering federal elections to states.
- The appeals court, in a 2-1 ruling, rejected the Justice Department's argument that lawsuits were premature; the Justice Department warned it may ask the Supreme Court to intervene.
- Voting rules remain blocked ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress, as Trump prioritizes approval of voting restrictions in the SAVE America Act.
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Trump has been questioning the postal election for years, but his decree to tighten the rules is still not going through. An appeal court in Boston is blocking the implementation – the US President remains an option.
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INTELLINEWSBefore the mid-term elections in November, the US President wants to tighten the rules for the postal ballot. A court case is going on to issue a corresponding decree.
Appeals court upholds blocks on Trump order restricting mail voting | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> An appeals court today upheld a lower-court ruling blocking key parts of an executive order from President Donald Trump to restrict voting by mail, the latest setback to his efforts to wrest control over elections as Republicans try to protect slim congressional majorities in an unfriendly political environment.
Federal appeals court rejects Trump bid to enforce mail ballot order ahead of midterm elections
A federal appeals court on Saturday refused to let the Trump administration enforce key parts of President Donald Trump's executive order tightening mail-in voting rules in 23 Democratic-led states, a setback that could send the administration to the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of this year's midterm elections.In a 2-1 decision, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to pause a June ruling blocking se…
US federal appeals court rules US President Donald Trump cannot implement mail-in voting order
The Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration's request to lift an injunction several Democratic-led states secured on June 25 from a lower-court judge.
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