DOJ's voter roll crusade hits a courthouse wall
Federal judges, appointed by both Democrats and Republicans, have handed the Justice Department a steady stream of losses in the administration's attempt to obtain sensitive voter information.Why it matters: The DOJ has sued 30 U.S. states, as well as D.C., for rebuffing its demands, all to back President Trump's efforts to reshape voting after years of spreading unproven claims of massive fraud.The latest: U.S.
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Federal judges, appointed by both Democrats and Republicans, have handed the Justice Department a steady stream of losses in the administration's attempt to obtain sensitive voter information.Why it matters: The DOJ has sued 30 U.S. states, as well as D.C., for rebuffing its demands, all to back President Trump's efforts to reshape voting after years of spreading unproven claims of massive fraud.The latest: U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer, a George W. Bush appointee, sided with Colorado in dismissing the DOJ's case against the Democratic secretary of state with prejudice Monday.The administration argued that provisions in the Civil Rights Act of 1960 gave the attorney general "sweeping power" to obtain the sought-after records, which included registrants' driver's license numbers and the last four digits of their Social Security identifier.
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- Federal judges, appointed by both Democrats and Republicans, have handed the Justice Department a steady stream of losses in the administration's attempt to obtain sensitive voter information.Why it matters: The DOJ has sued 30 U.S. states, as well as D.C., for rebuffing its demands, all to back President Trump's efforts to reshape voting after years of spreading unproven claims of massive fraud.The latest: U.S.
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