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Supreme Court will allow citizenship checks on mail-in ballots
Confirmed
The Supreme Court decision is provisional, focusing only on the argument that U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani acted prematurely in preventing the provisions from being implemented in the 23 states before federal agencies had even drawn up plans for how to implement the executive order. The Supreme Court decision is in line with one in a related case by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that rejected a separate attempt by Democrats to block the executive order. The court’s justices voted 6-3 along ideological lines to lift an injunction that a judge in Massachusetts had placed in June on an executive order issued by the president.
John Sauer wrote in the filing that it was premature for courts to rule on the issue, as neither the Postal Service nor other agencies have determined how they will implement the executive order. On Friday, while the case was pending, the Postal Service issued its final regulation that would enforce parts of the executive order.
President Donald Trump has frequently railed against the widespread use of mail-in ballots as part of his broader complaints, offered without evidence, that the election system is plagued with fraud. In March he ordered the government to create a “state citizenship list” of eligible voters, requiring that mail-in ballots only be delivered to people on that list. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said Monday night that his state will launch a new challenge to the Trump administration’s policy on mail-in voting. That means the administration may, at least in the short term, be able to implement the executive order, but the legal battle is far from over.
The justices, divided 6-3 along ideological lines with conservatives in the majority, lifted an injunction a Massachusetts-based judge imposed in June that prevented key aspects of the executive order from going into effect this year in California and 22 other states that had challenged it. A Department of State spokesperson said it was coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security “to identify and revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreigners who have come to the United States claiming to be short-term visitors, but then file for asylum to stay here permanently”. A mental health advocate suspected of killing her police officer husband was found dead six days after she disappeared from her Massachusetts home, authorities said. Nor does it suggest that the Executive Branch has any constitutional or statutory authority to implement the President’s directives.
US healthcare officials said a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts had sickened people in at least 15 states. The court also granted a similar application filed by Alabama and 11 other states. “This Administration will continue to lawfully enact the agenda President Trump was elected on — which includes the safety and security of our elections,” White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said in a statement. An independent arbitrator has ordered the Washington Post to rehire the high-profile opinion columnist Karen Attiah , who was fired abruptly last September over social media comments about Charlie Kirk. “This decision is a painful setback, but it will not be the final word,” New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was among those who challenged the proposal, said in a statement.
What's confirmed
- The court’s justices voted 6-3 along ideological lines to lift an injunction that a judge in Massachusetts had placed in June on an executive order issued by the president.
- The justices, divided 6-3 along ideological lines with conservatives in the majority, lifted an injunction a Massachusetts-based judge imposed in June that prevented key aspects of the executive order from going into…
- The Supreme Court decision is provisional, focusing only on the argument that U.S.
- John Sauer wrote in the filing that it was premature for courts to rule on the issue, as neither the Postal Service nor other agencies have determined how they will implement the executive order.
- President Donald Trump has frequently railed against the widespread use of mail-in ballots as part of his broader complaints, offered without evidence, that the election system is plagued with fraud.
- The justices, divided 6-3 along ideological lines with conservatives in the majority, lifted an injunction a Massachusetts-based judge imposed in June that prevented key aspects of the executive order from going into eff
What's still developing
- In March he ordered the government to create a “state citizenship list” of eligible voters, requiring that mail-in ballots only be delivered to people on that list.
- The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Derrick Johnson, said: “Let this ruling be a reminder that democracy is never, ever guaranteed.
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- US healthcare officials said a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts had sickened people in at least 15 states .
- A mental health advocate suspected of killing her police officer husband was found dead six days after she disappeared from her Massachusetts home, authorities said.