A federal appeals court prevented the Trump administration from enforcing key parts of an Executive Order that tightens mail-in voting in 23 Democrat states.
In a 2-1 decision, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from the Department of Justice (DoJ) to pause a ruling that blocked provisions in Trump’s Executive Order while the administration appeals.
The DoJ had indicated it would seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court if the appeal was unsuccessful.
The Trump administration argued the lawsuit against it was premature, because the policies needed to implement the Order had not been finalized.
The Court decided, however, that since the midterms are approaching and states are already making provision to deal with the Executive Order, a ruling had to be issue.
“As the district court reasoned, the (executive order) lays out a clear set of rapidly approaching deadlines by which states must coordinate with federal officials and comply with new voting procedures,” the majority wrote.
“The Plaintiff States have no practical choice but to respond to the (order) now.”
Executive Order 14399 was issued by President Trump in March as part of his agenda to increase the integrity of US elections.
The New York Post explains, “The order directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to compile lists of confirmed US citizens eligible to vote and provide them to states, instructs the US Postal Service (USPS) to establish new standards for mail-in ballots and directs the Justice Department to prioritize investigations into state and local election officials who issue federal ballots to people deemed ineligible to vote.
“The lawsuit was brought by 23 states and the District of Columbia, led by California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington.
“The states argue the Constitution gives them primary responsibility for administering federal elections and that the president exceeded his authority by directing federal agencies to impose new voting requirements.”
An injunction was issued by District Judge Indira Talwani in June. She ruled that several of the provisions exceeded the president’s authority.
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A kiosk connected to the DMV and every person in America would be able to vote by walking down to the corner. It would show all your identification, even your fingerprint, and this fiasco would come to a close. These judges, I suspect, are closet homosexuals that secretly want a world full of compromised degenerates and everyone gets the equivalent of a Social Security check every month, to spend on stuff and be happy. Most of it will go for drugs and their children will always be lacking for not having a private education but hey, isn’t that what made America great in the first place.
Dems hold an 11 point lead, Trump can cry foul if he wants but there is now way he will ever get another jan 6th. A new fox News poll asked viewers this – “Which political party — the Democrats or the Republicans — do you think would do a better job on immigration?” 50% of the trump friendly fox News viewers said dems, whilst only 49% said republicans