Trump Gets Court to Toss Democrats’ Suit Over Election Order (1)

President Donald Trump convinced a federal district court to dismiss the Democratic National Committee’s suit alleging that an executive order would end the bipartisan nature of the Federal Election Commission.

The DNC didn’t demonstrate that it suffered an injury that gave it standing to sue, Judge Amir J. Ali of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said in a Tuesday opinion dismissing the suit.

The court also dismissed the DNC’s claim for a declaration that the Federal Election Campaign Act, which established the FEC, is constitutional. Trump’s representation to the court that FECA is constitutional showed that ...