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Federal judges halted the Trump administration's Postal Service restrictions on mail-in voting and blocked an executive order throttling mail voting access. Judges nationwide unanimously rejected the DOJ's legal justification for seizing voter registration databases.
Federal judges across the country halted two separate Trump administration moves in rapid succession. The first blocked restrictions the administration tried to impose on the Postal Service's mail-in voting operations. The second stopped an executive order designed to throttle mail voting access more broadly. When the DOJ argued in court that seizing voter registration databases was legally justified, judges nationwide rejected that reasoning unanimously and blocked the seizure.
What's notable here is the speed and unanimity. These weren't close calls or split decisions—federal judges looked at the administration's legal arguments and rejected them across multiple jurisdictions at the same time. This suggests the administration's legal theory was weak enough that even judges inclined to defer to executive power found it indefensible. The voter roll seizure attempt is particularly significant because it goes beyond restricting access to voting; it's about the government taking control of the databases themselves.
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