1/N So the DOJ is suing California because Calif. refuses to look at the a USB drive with names of people they are accusing of maybe, perhaps voting in the future without credentials.
OK, let's dig deeper ... There is the Privacy Act of 1974 that regulates "systems of records" that contain personally identifiable information. There is no doubt that this USB drive fits within that definition.
The Privacy Act does require that the existence and other aspects of each such system of records to be published into the Federal Register.
There is no evidence that the database on the USB drive has ever been published on the Federal Register.
The privacy act gives every person in the US the individual power to enforce the privacy act, and there are short time limits and criminal penalties that can befall government people who fail to properly respond.
To be continued...