Courts Block Trump's Pre-Election Legal Moves as Midterms Near
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Federal courts have largely blocked the Trump administration's most aggressive pre-election moves, including the Ninth Circuit rejecting DOJ's request to isolate California ballots Oct. 30. Federal Judge David O. Carter rejected the administration's attempt to block 20,000 California ballots Oct. 28. The DOJ and DHS plan to appeal Judge Thompson's restraining order. Sean Morales-Doyle of the Brennan Center for Justice compared these tactics to post-2020 election denial efforts. Federal agents searched the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar Oct. 12.
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