WATCH: House Democratic leaders hold hearing on fair elections and voting rights

House Democratic leaders convened a hearing Thursday focused on safeguarding fair elections and voting rights. The session featured remarks from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democratic lawmakers.

The hearing took place on the same day U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued a ruling halting President Donald Trump's executive order. This order aimed to establish a federal voter list and restrict who could receive mail ballots. Judge Talwani, nominated by former Democratic President Barack Obama, sided with a coalition of approximately two dozen states challenging the Republican president's directive.

In her decision, granting summary judgment, the judge stated that the provisions of Trump's order "unconstitutionally violate the separation of powers." The ruling is applicable to the current year's midterm election cycle. Plaintiffs in two federal lawsuits argued that the president, rather than the states or Congress, lacks the authority to set election rules, deeming the executive order unconstitutional.

Talwani's ruling supports the argument that states and Congress hold the power to establish election regulations, not the president.

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