Federal judge blocks parts of Trump’s executive order on voting by mail
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked key portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to tighten rules governing mail-in voting, ruling the president lacked constitutional authority to impose the changes on states ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction halting implementation of several provisions in Trump’s March executive order, which sought to create federal voter eligibility lists and restrict the delivery of mail ballots.
“The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” Talwani, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, wrote in her 37-page ruling. Talwani explained that “Broadly, the Constitution vests the President with ‘executive Power’ and commands him to ‘take Care’ that laws passed by Congress be faithfully executed.
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