Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to block Alaska's Senate certification, drawing swift challenges from voting groups against an executive overreach that deserves prompt dismissal.
By Adele Rutherford ·
President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to sue to block Alaska's Senate certification over candidate name confusion, a move that weaponizes federal power to override state court rulings.
By Adele Rutherford ·
When Donald Trump orders the Justice Department to halt election certification in Alaska, he uses federal power to overturn state procedure and spends institutional legitimacy to cover an electoral panic.
By Adele Rutherford ·
By filing a baseless lawsuit to halt certification in Alaska's Senate race, the Justice Department abuses federal power to shield a partisan candidate from state election rules.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Trump administration weaponizes bad data and theatrical arrests to disenfranchise California voters, proving that policing the border now means policing the ballot box.
By Alma Cordero ·
The Department of Justice used an "a/k/a" designation against Rep. Ilhan Omar to suggest fraud, substituting a prosecutorial label for a judicial finding in a misuse of the legal process.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Justice Department is suing to block the certification of Alaska's Senate race if Dan Sullivan loses, a move that trades legal legitimacy for a partisan outcome.
By Adele Rutherford ·
By raiding Rep. Ilhan Omar's home weeks before the midterms, the Justice Department has traded institutional legitimacy for political theater in a criminal immigration probe.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Justice Department is probing Corey Lewandowski for contracting misconduct, but his defense of voluntary service cannot shield him from federal corruption laws.
By Adele Rutherford ·
While the Justice Department marred its case with poor election timing, L. Louise Lucas cannot excuse using her public office to shield a racketeering enterprise.
By Adele Rutherford ·
By using unverified lists and threats of jail to pressure state election officials, the Trump administration is attempting to seize control of a process the Constitution leaves to the states.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Justice Department is wrong. It is attempting to use a criminal statute to force a civil administrative change based on data that cannot survive a basic audit. The Department seeks an emergency order to segregate ballots from 20,000 people it labels as likely noncitizens. This is not a request for precision. It is a demand for a purge.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Federal agents are knocking on doors to intimidate immigrant communities, mounting a cruel political campaign that the courts and state election officials must forcefully reject.
By Alma Cordero ·
Kamlesh Shah is 68 years old. He is disabled and lives with heart conditions that make stress a danger to his life. For 30 years, he has called the United States home as a legal permanent resident. He thought he was qualified to vote. He asked the election officer at a community center, and the officer just asked for his ID. Now, the Department of Justice is charging him with a federal crime.
By Alma Cordero ·
The Department of Justice used a pre-dawn raid to probe Rep. Ilhan Omar's citizenship, a process that threatens legislative independence and sets a dangerous precedent for future presidents.
By Adele Rutherford ·
By ignoring judicial restrictions during its raid on Representative Ilhan Omar, the Justice Department traded its institutional legitimacy for a short-term political strike that shatters constitutional boundaries.
By Adele Rutherford ·