The Department of Justice has moved swiftly to push past judicial blocks on Trump administration policies since the Supreme Court ruled that nationwide injunctions likely violate longstanding federal law.
The Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper, an Obama appointee in Massachusetts, to modify a nationwide injunction on an election integrity executive order on July 3 — less than a week after the high court’s landmark ruling.
The injunction came in a challenge to Executive Order 14248, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.” The block prevented the administration from moving forward with several parts of the order, which aims to increase safety and integrity in national elections in every state.
“In Trump v. CASA, Inc., the Supreme Court held that federal courts lack the power to issue universal injunctions,” a Justice Department lawyer noted in the filing, referring to the high court’s landmark ruling that limits nationwide