Tonightâs tab: immigration-enforcement accountability and the Justice Departmentâs appetite for another round of old grievances. Keep the onion rings; bring the receipts.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court again to revive USPS mail-ballot restrictions after a Massachusetts judge blocked them. With ballots already headed out, the government says chaos; election officials say, buddy, you built the chaos.
ICE obtained court permission to force-feed a detained Cuban hunger striker in Texas, while a federal judge ordered discovery into the administrationâs shelved $1.8 billion âanti-weaponizationâ fund. Accountability: now available in limited quantities.
A Boston federal judge blocked USPS from enforcing mandatory new mail-ballot rules before Novemberâs midterms, finding challengers likely to win on claims that the agency barged into election administration without Congress handing it the keys.
A Maryland judge blocked the White Houseâs latest birthright-citizenship workaround, ruling the government cannot deny citizenship to certified class members the Supreme Court already said are citizens. Remarkable stuff: reading the assignment.
Reuters reports the State Department has drafted guidance that could make parents prove citizenship or immigration status when seeking a childâs passport. Because apparently applying for a kidâs passport needed more federal paperwork and less common sense.
No consequential, credibly reported U.S. development in the requested civil-liberties-and-accountability lane cleared the 12-hour cutoff we reviewed. So no stale roast beef tonight: better an empty plate than yesterdayâs outrage microwaved into âbreaking news.â
Tonightâs civic special: the ballot-box panic machine is humming againâsame old static, much higher stakes.
The Trump administration appealed after a Boston federal judge again blocked its mail-voting order for two weeks. Out in Wyoming, the Republican governor wants answers after DOJ monitors tried to interview voters and inspect election gear. Great system, no notes.
At a Thursday hearing in Minneapolis, a defense lawyer for the âMinnesota 15â pressed a federal judge to make DHS produce more surveillance material on anti-ICE activists, unions and nonprofits. Apparently âshow your workâ now requires litigation.
