A judge says no to voter data, even if the purpose is noble
The DOJ's fight against voter fraud hits a legal roadblock.
The story
A Trump-appointed judge dismissed a DOJ case against Utah's election official, citing legal wording over intent, as the administration faces multiple losses in voter data lawsuits before midterms.
Source: www.foxnews.com
Our reading
A Trump-appointed judge dismissed a DOJ lawsuit over Utah voter data, saying the law didn’t require the state to hand over the information, even if the intent was to stop voter fraud. The judge’s reasoning was that the law’s exact wording, not its vague purpose, should matter.
It’s the kind of legal technicality that makes the DOJ’s campaign against voter fraud feel less like a crusade and more like a game of legal chess, where the rules are written by the same people who are playing.
Now the DOJ has to figure out how to play by the same rules it once claimed to be above.
