Judge Rejects Democrats’ Request for Injunction to Block Trump Executive Order on Citizenship Lists

A district court judge denied a request on Thursday by Senate Democrats for an injunction to block an executive order issued by President Donald Trump regarding mail-in voting and citizenship lists. The request was rejected on the grounds that the request did not show “that preliminary injunctive relief is warranted.”

U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols ruled that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that Trump’s executive order “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections” resulted in them suffering “imminent and irreparable harm” without an injunction or that Trump’s directive meant the plaintiffs were “likely to have Article III standing,” according to the court documents.

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The lawsuit was filed against the Trump administration by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the League of United Latin American Citizens, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was in response to Trump’s directive issued on March 31, 2026, specifying that the “right to vote in federal elections is reserved exclusively for citizens of the United States.” Any violator of this would be held accountable through the imposition of “criminal penalties.”

It also required that a list of “individuals confirmed to be United States citizens who will be above the age of 18 at the time of an upcoming Federal election and who maintain a residence in the subject State” would be provided to the secretary of Homeland Security.

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