Trump Takes Mail-In Voting Dispute to Supreme Court Before Midterms
By Greg Otto | CYBERSCOOP
In a Monday filing, the Justice Department said states sued before agencies even decided how the order would work.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce an executive order that would restrict mail-in voting, after a federal appeals court kept the order blocked in nearly half the states just months before the November midterm elections.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices that a Massachusetts federal judge acted too soon when she struck down key parts of the order, which blocked federal agencies from carrying it out in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Sauer said the order only directs agencies to study changes and has not yet produced a final rule, so no state has suffered harm. ...