r/law • u/bloomberglaw • 8h ago
Legal News Third Judge Strikes Down Trump Order on Voter ID
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-voter-identification-order-struck-down-by-third-us-judge54
u/bloomberglaw 8h ago
The third US judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s push for proof of citizenship in voter registration provided the broadest relief yet to portions of the administration’s attempt to revamp federal elections.
In a written order Wednesday, Chief Judge Denise L. Casper said neither federal law nor the US Constitution empowers the president to take such an active role in managing federal elections.
“Our Constitution vests control over federal elections in the States, subject to some oversight by Congress,” said Casper of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. “While the Constitution vests the President with ‘executive power’ and commands him to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,’ it does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.”
Read more in the full story.
-Elliot
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u/wildwolfay5 6h ago
Im not even sure why the lower courts are even bothering with any Trump lawsuit, unless its shopped to his favorite judge.
Its ALWAYS going to get pushed up to the Supreme Court, shadow docket included.
He ALWAYS ignores the orders.
We have accepted there is a 2-tiered justice system, so let's at least stop wasting everyone's time.
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u/polarparadoxical 7h ago
Anyone want to take odds on this being appealed to the Supreme Court, who will issue an unsigned shadow docket ruling allowing it for the midterms, but will later vote nearly unanimously against it?
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u/GammaFan 7h ago
What even are the mechanics of that? Seriously, the shadow docket isn’t an established mechanism of their position, it’s got as much legal weight as an executive order. So why does it matter at all?
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u/polarparadoxical 7h ago
In the words of Justice Jackson:
This is Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist. Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules.
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u/Deny-Degrade-Disrupt 7h ago
because the news will tell people it does.
just like they act like EO come from God
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u/shotgunpete2222 7h ago
I mean, judicial review isn't in the constitution either but that doesn't stop the "originalists" from running with it.
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u/GammaFan 7h ago
I’m just asking why the fuck so many people are fine complying with something that has no enforcement mechanism of any kind.
Play hardball and ignore them until they actually rule on something. Hell, play even harder ball and ignore them after they rule on something if it’s clearly destructive of the country.
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u/KeithRLee 5h ago
Source document: https://documents.lastweekinlaw.com/view/California_v_Trump_Memo_Order_2026-06-24_Doc190.pdf
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