Democrats sued Wednesday to block Donald Trump’s latest executive order restricting mail voting, arguing that the U.S. Constitution empowers states and Congress, not the president, to determine who is eligible to vote by mail.

The lawsuit marks the second round of battles over the president’s power to control elections. Trump’s opponents handily won the first round last year, blocking his initial executive order intended to reshape election procedures by convincing multiple federal judges that it was likely unconstitutional.

Trump on Tuesday announced that his administration would compile lists of who is eligible to vote in states and that the U.S. Postal Service would only mail ballots to those who met that criteria. Critics note that there’s little time to comb through voter rolls before ballots start going out for this fall’s elections, in some places as soon as September, and question whether the administration’s list would be reliable.

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          So what is your point? That it’s ok they killed the post office because the new guy killed it more? Jesus Christ.

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            My point was it’s getting worse and it’s not the post office admin at fault but budget cuts.

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              It is absolutely the appointees to run the post offices’ fault as well as the budget cuts. Dejoy, the board of governors, whatever hack they replaced dejoy with. Your point seems like trying to derail the point by making a point about something that is not at issue.

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                Do you do your best work when your work load has doubled and you can’t hire any help. ?