The Justice Department is threatening California officials with prison over an unvetted list of voters, abusing federal authority to bully local workers and suppress the vote.
The Justice Department sued California after officials rejected an eleventh-hour thumb drive, but executive ultimatums cannot displace established statutory procedures when tested against the law.
By weaponizing ten Minnesota election cases, Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice are using procedural theater to build a centralized federal machinery that undermines trust in democratic processes.