Judges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts have blocked two of President Donald Trump’s (R) executive orders related to elections and voting in the past week.
On June 25, Judge Indira Talwani blocked the federal government from implementing Trump’s March 31, 2026, executive order, titled Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections, in the November general election in 23 states and Washington, D.C.
Democratic officials from those 23 states and D.C. filed a lawsuit in the District of Massachusetts on April 3, 2026, challenging Sections 2, 3, and 5 of the executive order.
