Trump DOJ loses in Maine, Wisconsin as courts rebuff demand for voter rolls
Thursday’s dismissals bring the DOJ’s record to 0-8 out of 31 lawsuits brought against states and Washington, D.C.
Maya Bodinson
Maya analyzes ongoing voting rights and redistricting litigation and conducts legal research related to the litigation. She received her law degree from Tulane Law School. Before joining Democracy Docket, she was a voting rights specialist at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
DOJ told a court it hasn’t implemented Trump’s anti-voting order. Todd Blanche’s testimony just undermined that, new filing alleges
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche might have stepped on a rake Tuesday when he told a Senate panel that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was “working with other agencies within the administration to implement” President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on mail voting.
Court bashes internal DOJ legal memo that Trump admin used to justify voter roll grab
The memo claimed the department has the legal authority to demand sensitive voter data not because of some federal law, but because the DOJ said so.
Judge seems hesitant to quickly block Trump’s executive order targeting mail voting
A federal judge appeared reluctant to swiftly check President Donald Trump’s latest anti-voting executive order, suggesting at oral arguments Thursday that there’s no legal harm for the courts to remedy until the diktat is actually implemented.
DOJ voter roll grab: Court sounds skeptical of Trump bid for Michigan data
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) quest for unfettered access to state voter registration records stumbled Wednesday as a panel of federal judges at times expressed incredulity at the government’s arguments that it has a right to Michigan’s rolls.
DOJ said Vermont was violating federal voting laws. Asked for evidence, it couldn’t provide any
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) admitted it has no evidence that Vermont is not complying with federal voter roll maintenance laws — an admission that could further weaken its case for amassing voters’ sensitive data.
Civil Rights Groups Poised to Take Texas’ Voter Suppression Law to Supreme Court
Voting advocates are signaling that they may soon ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review their long-running challenge to Texas’s sweeping voter-suppression law, S.B. 1, under Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act.
Trump-Appointed Federal Judges Could Lock In GOP House Advantage
As the 2026 election approaches, the GOP’s Trump-driven gerrymander campaign isn’t just unfolding in state legislatures. It’s also playing out in federal courtrooms where challenges to new congressional maps will be decided.
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