BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general on Friday sought to block President Donald Trump ‘s proposal for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. elections in a case that tests a constitutional bedrock — the separation of powers.

The top law enforcement officials from 19 states filed a federal lawsuit after the Republican president signed the executive order in March, arguing that its provisions would step on states’ power to set their own election rules and that the executive branch had no such authority.

During a hearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, the first in the case, lawyers for the states told Judge Denise J. Casper that the changes outlined in the order could not be implemented before the next election and could cost California alone $1 billion to implement. The lawyers said

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