Judge Limits Injunction on Trump's Election Order to 19 States

A federal judge has modified a previous ruling that blocked much of President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at overhauling U.S. elections, limiting the injunction to the 19 states that filed the lawsuit rather than nationwide. This change follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting judges' ability to grant nationwide injunctions, but experts say it has little practical effect because a separate nationwide injunction remains in place from another lawsuit. The original injunction blocked key provisions of Trump's order, such as requiring documentary proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms and mandating that mailed ballots be received by Election Day rather than just postmarked. The Department of Justice continues to contest the lawsuit filed by Democratic attorneys general. Separately, a U.S. appeals court panel appeared inclined to uphold Trump's executive order that restricts collective bargaining rights for federal employees in agencies deemed critical to national security. Judges on the panel suggested the president has broad authority over union bargaining exemptions in this context, while the unions challenge the order as retaliatory against federal worker unions.