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🏛️ Politics 20d ago · 2 sources

Federal Judges Halt Trump's Mail Voting Ban and AI Blacklist

🐿️ The Squirrel's Take

The court's double rebuke shows the judiciary pushing back against executive overreach in both election rules and tech policy.

💡 Why it matters

This could disrupt GOP voting restrictions and chill Trump's crackdown on AI companies, with potential ripple effects on midterm turnout and tech regulation.

A federal judge on Thursday issued a 14-day hold on Trump's executive order limiting mail-in voting, just a week before ballots are due for the midterms. Another federal judge separately ruled unlawful the administration's blacklisting of AI company Anthropic.

#federal judges #mail voting #executive orders #anthropic #midterms

📡 Where we spotted it (2)

Federal judge again halts Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting in midterms

Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge

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