The high court determined that it was too soon for states to sue, as no injury has been suffered.
The Supreme Court majority released an unsigned 10-page opinion on Monday halting parts of a district judge’s injunction against President Donald Trump’s March executive order addressing election security regarding mail-in ballots. The high court determined that the 23 states and the District of Columbia could not seek legal relief, since the order has not been implemented to cause them injury.
The Supreme Court stated that the order “directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take appropriate action to create and distribute State Citizenship Lists. This provision is an internal directive from the President to a subordinate. It imposes no obligations on the States, so they ‘suffer no concrete harm from’ it, and without concrete harm, there is no standing.”
The president’s “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections” directs the Department of Homeland Security to create a list of adult U.S. citizens in each state and to send to the states 60 days ahead of the election. The order also instructs the attorney general to “prioritize the investigation and, as appropriate, the prosecution of State and local officials … who issue Federal ballots to individuals not eligible to vote in a Federal election.”
The Supreme Court did not address a provision blocked by the lower court that would require states to provide the U.S. Postal Service with a list of voters to whom they intend to mail ballots. USPS was directed, under the president’s order, not to deliver ballots to voters who are not listed as U.S. citizens.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For President Trump as he promotes security measures for ballots in federal elections.
- For Attorney General Blanche as he oversees the Justice Department’s efforts to improve election integrity.
- For Secretary Mullin as he manages the Department of Homeland Security and its many agencies.
- For Postmaster General Steiner as he heads the U.S. Postal Service.
Sources: ScotusBlog, Fox News, UPI News
