A federal appeals court on July 25 declined to allow President Donald Trump's administration to implement in 23 states his executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of midterm elections that will decide control of Congress.
The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration's request to lift an injunction several Democratic-led states secured June 25 from a lower-court judge who concluded that key parts of the Republican president's order were unconstitutional.
In asking the court to pause U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's ruling while it pursues an appeal, the Department of Justice had argued that because government agencies had yet to finalize actions and policies to implement Trump's directive, any lawsuit challenging his order was premature.
The appeals court, in a 2-1 ruling, rejected that argument.
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