The attorneys general for California and New York are praising a federal judge's decision to block President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections.

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing parts of his sweeping executive order overhauling federal elections, including by requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and barring states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 18 other attorneys general said the directive “usurps the States’ constitutional power and seeks to amend election law by fiat.”