A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict mail voting in federal elections in the states that challenged it, finding the executive branch and mail service did not have the power to do so.
Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts wrote in a 37-page opinion that the Constitution gives states the primary power to determine election rules, with the opportunity for Congress to make some changes.
Talwani wrote that Congress did not authorize the steps outlined in Trump’s March order, and directed the administration not enforce the order in the more than one dozen states that challenged it.
“The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” Talwani wrote.
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