Litigation

Judge rebukes Trump administration for perverting pro-voting mission of DOJ’s ‘crown jewel’

The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has turned its Civil Rights Division’s mission on its head, a federal judge said in a decision blocking the administration from demanding states’ unredacted voter rolls. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, a Biden appointee who previously served as the division’s principal deputy assistant attorney general, […]

By Andrew Childers

Federal judge shuts down Trump DOJ’s nationwide voter roll crusade, even in states that cooperated

In a major ruling, a federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s nationwide voter roll campaign, delivering a damaging blow to the Department of Justice’s effort to obtain states’ unredacted voter rolls, compare them against federal data and pressure states to remove voters it deems ineligible.

By Yunior Rivas

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