Boston ¨C A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to allow U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s administration to implement in 23 states his executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November 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 on 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 U.S. 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.
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