A coalition of Democrat-led states filed yet another court challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order placing restrictions on mail-in voting.
The April 3 lawsuit from more than 20 Democratic state attorneys general as well as from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro alleges that Trump "flouted" constitutional principles that give states primary responsibility for running federal elections.
The Constitution assigns states the authority to set the "Times, Places and Manner" of elections for members of Congress, while also authorizing Congress to pass a law altering many of those regulations.
The states zeroed in on that constitutional provision as they argued that Trump is acting without authority.
"Neither the Constitution nor any act of Congress confers upon the President the authority to mandate sweeping changes to States’ electoral systems or procedures," they said in the lawsuit.
