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NonilexNonilex@masto.ai
Oct 19, 2026, 5:17 PM
Nearly a year later, however, the number of victories secured by the #DOJ in this litigation stands at zero. DOJ has lost 26 cases in district court & triumphed in none; Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, in Washington, DC, handed the admin its latest defeat just last Friday. (Several cases remain pending.) The admin’s demands have been rejected by judges appointed by #Democrats & #Republicans including several nominated by #Trump himself—a run of losses that represents an embarrassing defeat….
#law
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NonilexNonilex@masto.ai
Oct 19, 2026, 5:20 PM
More important than humiliation∶ #DOJ’s wipeout demonstrates how America’s decentralized system of #elections, aided by the #courts, is working to limit #Trump’s efforts to corrupt #democracy. Anxious narratives about his admin interfering with elections often portray the president as a figure who “can just will his fantasies into existence,” says Justin Levitt, an #ElectionLaw expert at Loyola Law School & a former deputy assistant attorney general in the #CivilRights Division.
#law #midterms
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NonilexNonilex@masto.ai
Oct 19, 2026, 5:23 PM
#DOJ’s prolonged losing streak, Levitt said, “is a pretty clean rebuttal” of #Trump’s supposed invincibility.
#Elections in the #US are conducted at the #state & #local levels, & the #FederalGovernment has little involvement or control over how officials across the country manage the voting process.
#law #Constitution #ElectionInterference #privacy #midterms #CivilRights #VotingRights
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NonilexNonilex@masto.ai
Oct 19, 2026, 5:24 PM
#State & #local jurisdictions maintain their own voter rolls—detailed records of voter information that can include sensitive material such as addresses, driver’s licenses, & partial Social Security numbers. But #Trump, seeking to eradicate a supposed plague of voting by noncitizens, has clashed with this system. (In reality, such illegal votes are extraordinarily rare.)
#law #Constitution #ElectionInterference #privacy #midterms #CivilRights #VotingRights
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Ross of Ottawaottaross@mastodon.social
Oct 19, 2026, 5:51 PM
@Nonilex "willing his fantasies into existence" depends heavily on the cult-like followers.
They probably haven't quite reached critical mass yet, but every DoJ action seems like a probe to check if they're there yet. If/when capture of the system has outcomes going their way, the autocracy likely kicks into high gear.
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