Judge tosses Democratic Party challenge to Trump order's impact on FEC
Source: Politico
06/03/2025 11:21 PM EDT
A federal judge has dismissed a Democratic Party lawsuit claiming an executive order issued by President Donald Trump was intruding on the independence of the Federal Election Commission. In a ruling Tuesday night, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the Democratic Party groups’ case was simply too speculative to justify emergency intervention from the court. The FEC had pledged to remain independent, had received no directive from the White House to change its practices and vowed to abide by the law. Without evidence undermining those promises, Ali said he was compelled to dismiss the suit.
The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed the suit in February after Trump issued an executive order that sought to assert greater control over executive branch agencies that have traditionally operated with considerable independence from the White House.
Ali’s decision is a setback for Democrats as they guard against efforts by Trump to dramatically shift the nation’s election infrastructure and voting systems in ways they say are geared toward suppressing their voters’ turnout and justifying the president’s long-discredited claims of election fraud.
The ruling landed on the same day the Republican National Committee moved to participate in separate lawsuits that Democrats and voting rights groups have filed over other Trump efforts to rewrite federal election policies and force states to bend to his will. The GOP committee said it wants to defend Trump’s plans.
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