Court refuses to block Trump mail order

A federal appellate panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday refused to block President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to restrict mail voting, upholding a May ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols that an injunction was premature. The panel noted that the order may not be feasible to implement before the November midterm election. In a separate case, a federal judge in Massachusetts blocked the order for this year's elections, a ruling upheld by a Boston-based appeals court and appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by the Trump administration. The American Postal Workers Union said its members are being directed to prepare an online portal for voter eligibility, though the union opposes the order. Trump has repeatedly tried to change voting procedures unilaterally, facing court blocks.