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Swede

(39,703 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:48 AM 22 hrs ago

Trump DOJ loses again, now 0 for 5 on voter roll cases, as court rejects Rhode Island lawsuit

The Department of Justice (DOJ) lost again Friday, as a federal judge dismissed its lawsuit to force Rhode Island to provide unfettered access to its voter registration rolls, bringing the agency’s record among active cases to five defeats, zero wins and 25 cases still pending.

In President Donald Trump’s second term, the DOJ has demanded every state’s unredacted voter registration records — including sensitive private data like social security numbers and dates of birth — as part of the administration’s obsessive focus on immigration enforcement. While 17 Republican-led states have complied, the rest have refused, leading the DOJ to sue 29 states and Washington, D.C. for their voter rolls.

Rhode Island is now the fifth state to secure a district court victory, joining California, Oregon, Michigan and Massachusetts.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-loses-again-now-0-for-5-on-voter-roll-cases-as-court-rejects-rhode-island-lawsuit/

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Trump DOJ loses again, now 0 for 5 on voter roll cases, as court rejects Rhode Island lawsuit (Original Post) Swede 22 hrs ago OP
Wait, WHAAAAT? Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #1

Fiendish Thingy

(23,448 posts)
1. Wait, WHAAAAT?
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:08 AM
22 hrs ago

I thought Trump was an omnipotent dictator, and he would just take the voter rolls, after all, who’s going to stop him?

I guess we found out the answer,

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