A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict mail voting in federal elections in the states that challenged it, finding the executive branch and mail service did not have the power to do so.
Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts wrote in a 37-page opinion that the Constitution gives states the primary power to determine election rules, with the opportunity for Congress to make some changes.
