Judge blocks Trump administration from voting proof of citizenship implementation

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently blocked the Trump administration’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship to vote, ruling in favor of 19 states that filed the lawsuit.

District Court Judge Denise Casper ruled that President Trump was overstepping his authority by attempting to overhaul states’ administration of federal elections. 

“While the Constitution vests the President with ‘executive Power’ and commands him to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,’ it does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” Casper wrote in the third ruling against Trump’s March executive order. 

“As a result, the President ‘plays no direct role in the process of appointing electors,........

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