Justice Department seeks Supreme Court revival of Trump voting order
What’s next: The justices ordered challengers to respond by Aug. 3 as 23 states and Washington, D.C., fight the plan before the midterms.
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on July 27 to let federal agencies proceed with key parts of President Donald Trump’s March executive order reshaping mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. The emergency filing came after a federal appeals court refused to pause a Boston judge’s injunction blocking the order in the 23 states and the District of Columbia that sued. The administration argues agencies should be allowed to finish rulemaking, including plans involving the Department of Homeland Security and the US Postal Service. The suing states contend the order unlawfully intrudes on their authority over elections and would impose significant costs.