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A Trump-appointed judge rejected the DOJ's demand for Maryland voter rolls, marking the administration's ninth straight loss in voter roll cases. Earlier, another judge halted subpoenas targeting Minnesota officials as 'blatantly unlawful' political harassment.
A Trump-appointed federal judge rejected the DOJ's demand for Maryland voter rolls, making it the administration's ninth consecutive loss in voter roll cases. In a parallel move, another judge halted subpoenas targeting Minnesota officials, calling them 'blatantly unlawful' political harassment. These aren't close calls—judges are using unusually direct language to describe what the DOJ is trying to do.
Nine straight losses suggests this isn't a legal gray area the administration is navigating. The DOJ appears to be systematically trying to access voter registration data under the guise of election security, and judges across different jurisdictions are consistently shutting it down. The fact that even a Trump-appointed judge rejected Maryland's records signals the legal case is flimsy, not that the judges are biased against the administration. This pattern shows courts are willing to act as a check on executive overreach—at least for now.
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