Appeals court rejects Trump admin's voting lawsuit against California
The 2-1 ruling said the Justice Department moved too slowly for emergency relief and sent the dispute back to district court.
- On Monday, a Circuit Court panel rejected a Justice Department request to force California to segregate roughly 20,000 mail-in ballots from individuals Trump claims are non-citizens.
- Filed earlier this month, the Justice Department lawsuit represents an escalating effort to insert the federal government into California election administration, targeting ballot processing for individuals the government suspects are not citizens.
- In a 2-1 ruling, the panel concluded the Justice Department improperly circumvented a lower-court judge. The majority wrote the United States failed to allow adequate opportunity to consider its application for a Temporary Restraining Order.
- Judge Mark Bennett and Judge Gabriel Sanchez rejected the appeal, while Judge Patrick Bumatay dissented. The decision sends the case back to District Court, where a hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.
- The Justice Department appealed to the Circuit Court after the District Court did not issue a ruling last week. This legal battle illustrates contentious federal attempts to intervene in state-level mail-in ballot processing.
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