Several rulings by progressive judges have stopped or hindered numerous Trump policies. These include orders that affect Mail-in voting, Federal building protections from terrorist Antifa attackers, voter roll validations, voter ID, illegal arrests at courthouses, and even subpoenas against Minnesota Democrats suspected of committing fraud.
The decision affecting the subpoenas against Minnesota officials, including Governor Tim Walz, captures the extra-constitutional nature of these rulings. U.S. District Chief Judge Patrick J. Shiltz wrote, “This course of events- in and of itself-establishes beyond reasonable dispute that the subpoenas were a part of a broader campaign to coerce state and local officials in Minnesota to assist the Trump administration in its enforcement of immigration laws. And, of course, this campaign played out against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s well-established history of using criminal investigations to retaliate against and pressure the President’s political and personal adversaries.”
Obama Judge Blocks Parts Of Trump’s Order Limiting Mail-In Voting– dailycaller.com
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A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama has frozen key parts of President Donald Trump’s order tightening the rules around mail-in voting, blocking the administration from enforcing them through this year’s midterm elections.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction Thursday covering the Nov. 3 midterms. Judge Talwani wrote, “Sections 2 and 3 of the EO are legally void as they are ultra vires and unconstitutionally violate the separation of powers, and that Section 5 of the EO is merely precatory.”
The ruling stops federal agencies from building citizenship lists, bars new U.S. Postal Service procedures for mail ballots, and halts prioritized investigations of state election officials. The block has not interfered with voting in this year’s primary contests so far, NPR reported.
Trump signed the directive March 31 under the title “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.” The order directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Postal Service to assemble rosters of eligible voters in every state, with the Postal Service delivering mail ballots only to people on those lists, NPR reported. The order also directs the attorney general to pursue anyone accused of sending ballots to ineligible voters, The Hill reported.
A federal judge in Boston blocked implementation of President Trump’s executive order aiming to tighten rules for mail-in voting, preventing it from taking force ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress https://t.co/iMKxFPycys pic.twitter.com/NYOsXrujpx
Oregon judge clears way for Antifa to attack Eugene federal building, rules their 1A rights were violated when fence was installed | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Multiple arrests were made in September after agitators attempted to siege the building.
A federal judge in Oregon has ordered that fencing erected around a Eugene federal building that has been the target of violent anti-ICE riots must be taken down. The federal building houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as other federal agencies.
US District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said Monday, “The evidence is clear, convincing, really without any meaningful dispute, that for the time this place has existed, it has been a place where the community has assembled to express themselves.” The Biden-appointed judge ruled from the bench following arguments that were held on Monday, per Courthouse News Service.
Judge Sparkle Sooknanan Blocks Trump Admin’s Voter-Screening Database › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a voter-screening database that combined citizenship records with Social Security information. The ruling argued the effort violated federal privacy protections and resulted in inaccurate information being shared with states.
In a 75-page decision, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan halted the administration’s revised SAVE database, a system developed by the Department of Homeland Security as part of an effort to strengthen election integrity and identify non-citizens on voter rolls.
“The federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” Sooknanan wrote. “This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.”
Judge Strikes Down Trump-Era Courthouse Arrest Policy › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A federal judge has vacated Trump administration policies that allowed immigration agents to arrest noncitizens at immigration courthouses nationwide.
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents may no longer conduct arrests at immigration courts under policies implemented by the administration last year.
Pitts, a Biden appointee, concluded that the Department of Justice (DOJ) failed to provide adequate justification for the changes and described the policies as “arbitrary and capricious.”
Judge Rejects DOJ Subpoenas Against Tim Walz, Minnesota Officials– legalinsurrection.com
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U.S. District Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz threw out subpoenas against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other officials regarding immigration.
“This course of events- in and of itself-establishes beyond reasonable dispute that the subpoenas were a part of a broader campaign to coerce state and local officials in Minnesota to assist the Trump administration in its enforcement of immigration laws,” wrote Schiltz. “And, of course, this campaign played out against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s well-established history of using criminal investigations to retaliate against and pressure the President’s political and personal adversaries.”
President Donald Trump and his administration initiated Operation Metro Surge, an initiative to enforce immigration laws in major Minnesota cities. It placed over 3,000 agents in the state.
We all know how that turned out. The situation descended into chaos, leading Trump to oust Kristi Noem as DHS secretary and to appoint Border Czar Tom Homan.
Prosecutors issued six subpoenas for records from the offices of Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and the boards of commissioners in Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
Schiltz said the court only needed to address one reason to reject the subpoenas: “the moving parties’ contention that the subpoenas were issued as part of an unconstitutional effort to coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration laws and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.”
Schiltz determined that Trump used his powers to target Walz and others.
“Initiating a criminal investigation in order to harass political opponents or to coerce them into taking official action-particularly official action that the federal government cannot directly require those political opponents to take-is a blatantly unlawful and unethical use the grand-jury process,” wrote Schiltz.
The judge came to this conclusion because “the evidence that the challenged subpoenas were issued for unlawful reasons is overwhelming.”
Schiltz also pointed out the DHS could not “identify a single plausible investigatory justification for the subpoenas.”
In fact, the judge found that the subpoenas were “extraordinarily broad” and sought to compel the officials to hand over “constitutionally protected conduct.”
“The fact that connections between the information sought in the subpoenas and any possible criminal violation range from extremely weak to nonexistent only adds to the overwhelming evidence that these subpoenas were not issued to investigate, but to harass, coerce, and retaliate,” said Schiltz.
People On Food Stamps Can Keep Buying Junk With Your Tax Dollars, Obama Judge Rules– dailycaller.com
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A federal judge on Monday struck down multiple state pilot programs that restricted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from using their benefits to buy unhealthy foods.
Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins incorrectly interpreted federal law when approving limits on what SNAP recipients could purchase with their benefits, Politico reported. The ruling impacts such pilot programs in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the outlet.
“With her solicitation and approval of the pilot projects in this case, the Secretary purports to waive not just a mere administrative or technical obstacle, but the very definition of ‘food’ as it was laid down by Congress,” the ruling says, Politico reported. “Neither the [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)] nor the states can force this square peg into a round hole to avoid the plain language of the statute and the requirements of 2026(k).”
The USDA did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
BIDEN JUDGE CALLS TRUMP VISA FEE A TAX – A Biden-appointed Federal Judge in Massachusetts has struck down President Trump’s $100K H-1B Visa, calling it a tax. The Trump administration will be immediately appealing the decision to the U.S. First Circuit Court.
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