President Donald Trump tackles a joint session of the Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday March 4, 2025 (AP Photo / Alex Brandon).
A federal judge in Washington, DCFriday, interrupted the key sections of President Donald Trump Executive Balayage Decree claiming Unilateral change The rules concerning the way in which the federal elections are organized, noting that the complainants in the case were “substantially likely to prevail” on the merits.
In a 120 -page commandThe American district judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly published a preliminary injunction blocking the measure of the president which would require the modification of the registration form of national voters to demand proof of American citizenship as well as a provision ordering the federal agencies to “assess citizenship” from people who receive public assistance before they receive a formal registration form.
Kollar-Kotelly, appointed by President Bill Clinton, wrote that allowing the implementation of these measures would cause “irreparable damage” to the complainants and “would not be in the public interest”.
“Our Constitution entrusts Congress and States – not the President – with the power to regulate the federal elections,” says the order. “In accordance with this allocation of power, the congress is currently debating legislation that would affect many of the changes that the president claims.
The court noted that the legislation at the congress is the law on the eligibility of American safeguard voters (SAVE), a measure supported by criticisms said could Millions of potentially private people eligible voters. Many provisions of the Save Act are included by Trump’s decree.
The consolidated affair contesting Trump’s decree, “Preserve and protect the integrity of the US elections“Was brought by three complainants: two groups of voting rights and the National Democratic Committee.
In their complaint, the complainants said that the president did not have the power to issue the directives in his order, affirming that the executive has “no role in the regulation of federal elections” under the American Constitution and relevant federal laws.
Kollar rejected the complainants’ request to block three other parts of Trump’s order because complaints were premature or were better sent by a different court. The provisions which are not interrupted by the court include an order of the departments of internal security and the State to give access to the so-called Ministry of Effectiveness of the Government The access to the databases to “search for non-citizens who have registered to vote” and two requiring the States to cease to count the postal votes received after the day of the ballot or which have federal funds.
Trump’s order is an apparent attempt to strengthen the false assertion that he won the 2020 presidential election. Since his defeat against Joe Biden, Trump has repeatedly promulgated the theories of the erroneous conspiracy applying that the election was rigid of electoral fraud and rigged in favor of the Democrats.
“(T) the United States cannot now apply the basic and necessary electoral protections used by modern and developed nations, as well as those that still develop,” said Trump’s directive. “The free, fair and honest elections not marked by fraud, errors or suspicions are fundamental to maintain our constitutional republic. The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabuated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determine the legitimate winner of an election. “
Trump continued to promote this fictitious story even after taking up his duties for the second time. Earlier this month, he written on social networks That the war between Russia and Ukraine “would never have occurred if the 2020 elections had not been faked, in other words, if I were president”.
After the order of Kollar-Kotelly, the spokesman for the White House, Harrison Fields, published the following declaration At CBS News:
“President Trump will continue to fight for the integrity of the elections, despite the democratic objections which reveal their disdain for the guarantees of common sense such as the verification of citizenship. The free and fair elections are the foundation of our constitutional republic, and we are confident to obtain an ultimate victory in the courtroom.”
