If you thought from news coverage that a federal judge had completely knocked out President Donald Trump’s March 25 executive order, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” you’ve been misled (as usual) by the mainstream media.
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia only issued a preliminary injunction on April 24 against two of the five parts of the executive order that the Democratic National Committee, the League of Women Voters, and other partisans were challenging. And they didn’t even challenge numerous other provisions in the executive order.
The judge granted an injunction against Sections 2 (a) and (d) of the executive order. Section 2 (a) concerns the federal voter registration form established under the National Voter Registration Act. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an…