Stephen Richer Can mail ballots be lawfully accepted after Election Day if they are postmarked on Election Day? This legal question came up 10 days ago when Federal District Court Judge Denise Casper enjoined parts of President Trump’s March 25, 2025 executive order on election administration. Judge Casper is not the first to rule against the president’s election executive order. On April 24, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly enjoined a ...
Jeffrey Miron Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and suspension of habeas corpus; Roosevelt’s Japanese Internment and confiscation of gold; Truman’s desegregation of the armed forces; Eisenhower’s military support of the Little Rock Nine; and Nixon’s introduction of wage and price controls. All stemmed from a single presidential power: the Executive Order (EO). Although not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the authority to ...