Supreme Court quickly rejects Trump effort to target alleged noncitizen voters in California
The justices left in place lower court rulings that found the request could disenfranchise eligible voters and disrupt an election already underway.
- The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s request to require California election officials to set aside up to 20,000 mail-in ballots from voters the Justice Department suspects are noncitizens.
- On Monday, November 2, 2026, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to direct California to set aside mailed ballots from 20,000 registered voters it alleges may not be citizens, one day before the midterm elections.
- President Donald Trump has alleged without evidence that noncitizens are influencing election outcomes, prompting the Justice Department to seek a ballot hold. District Judge David Carter rejected this attempt on October 28, citing that the Constitution reserves election regulation to states.
- The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the rejection in a 2-1 decision Friday, stating segregating ballots could "jeopardize the Los Angeles County election." Carter also criticized the administration for failing to provide "credible" evidence.
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The Executive's request sought to keep the ballots apart while the nationality of the voters was being verified. The controversy reached the highest court on the eve of this Tuesday's legislative elections.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects DOJ’s bid to force California to segregate 20,000 ballots mailed to noncitizens * WorldNetDaily * by Cristina Laila, The Gateway Pundit
'The application for injunction pending appeal presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is denied'
The Supreme Court unsurprisingly rejected on Monday an appeal from the Trump administration asking it to compel California to isolate the ballots of more than 20,000 voters, on the grounds of alleged doubts about their American nationality, on the eve of the mid-term elections.
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to set aside California ballots
Judge Boasberg sides against Trump administration over 20,000 'likely noncitizen' voters in California
California officials got a boost from a Washington, D.C., judge in their fight against the Trump administration over 20,000 "likely noncitizen" voters.The administration has tried to use the power of the courts to compel California to segregate ballots of people on a list it compiled of possible noncitizen voters.'If I'm hearing that the list is flawed and it's overinclusive and includes individuals who are eligible to vote, that's a problem.'Ch…
The tycoon-led administration had assumed that correspondence cards had been handed over to persons not in possession of U.S. citizenship.
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