Signal Court upholds Trump election order that also sets federal AI policy directives

Summary

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied a Democrat-led appeal seeking to block Executive Order 14399, Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections. The order directs the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to build a state citizenship list to verify voter eligibility in federal elections. It also directs the US Postal Service to tighten tracking and control of mail-in and absentee ballots. The same order includes federal AI policy directives, instructing agencies to issue guidance preempting state mandates on deceptive AI outputs and to recommend legislation for a uniform federal AI policy. With the appeal denied, both the election provisions and the AI policy directives in the order remain in place.