A coalition of attorneys general from 19 states have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on election administration, alleging that the order is unconstitutional.
In the suit, which names Trump and other administration members as plaintiffs, the attorneys general argue that the suit is unconstitutional because, among other reasons, it takes away the states’ rights to regulate elections themselves and “treats Plaintiff States as mere instruments of the President’s policy agenda.”
The states that are part of this suit are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
-ABC News’ Oren Oppenheim
