Federal court blocks key parts of Trump's anti-voting order, restores states' control over elections - AOS for Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

Blocks or just say "no"? Because Trump might not care what some court says.

He is, after all, only limited in his authority only by his own morality.

I.e., not limited at all.

It does limit him from doing anything good

Blocks, as in clarifies the authority is each state and that this is not a legit reason to withhold funds. And the state being election authority is not only long standing precedent but upheld by this Supreme Court.

While it would follow trumps pattern to make up some sort of emergency to try to justify withholding funds, it would require several steps much farther across the line to actually prevent states from holding elections

And the supreme court will overturn it.

I'm sorry, what?! An Anti-Voting Order?

The ruling blocks provisions that would have forced voters to produce documentary proof of citizenship to register using federal forms, pressured states to comply by threatening to withhold election funding and imposed a national deadline banning states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day — even if those ballots were postmarked on time.

Washington and Oregon, both universal vote-by-mail states, warned that Trump’s order would have upended their election systems, imposed massive new costs and locked eligible voters out of the democratic process. The court agreed, rejecting the administration’s argument that the executive order merely “enforced” existing law.

The decision adds to a growing list of court rulings rejecting Trump’s effort to reshape U.S. elections by executive fiat. Similar challenges are pending or on appeal in other courts, setting up a broader legal reckoning over presidential power and voting rights.

"Restores"??? He never had the power to take control of elections to begin with!!!