A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional.

Trump’s March 25 executive order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections, accept only mailed ballots received by Election Day and condition federal election grant funding on states adhering to the new ballot deadline.

The group of attorneys general said the directive “usurps the States’ constitutional power and seeks to amend election law by fiat.” The White House has defended the order as “standing up for free, fair and honest elections” and called proof of citizenship a “commonsense” requirement.

Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts said in Friday’s order that the states had a likelihood of success as to their legal challenges.

  • @chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    632 days ago

    When people support this or the trialess deportation of people who can’t prove their citizenship on the spot, ask them to prove their citizenship to you right then and there.

    Most people can’t quickly produce proof of citizenship.

  • @mystik@lemmy.world
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    272 days ago

    Judge is not suppose to “side with democrats”, or any group or ideology. They’re supposed to only side with the constitution and the written and agreed upon laws.

    • Lka1988
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      41 day ago

      The author of the article wrote it that way. That’s how headlines work.

  • @twice_hatch@midwest.social
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    41 day ago

    “siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general”

    Maybe I should be keeping a list of “actually many Democrats are doing stuff”