Appeals Court Keeps Trump Voter Fraud Probes Limited Before Midterms
Summary
The Ninth Circuit left in place an injunction limiting some Trump administration voter-fraud investigations in nine states through the midterm elections. The order restricts certain election-related field operations and interviews involving people federal officials know or suspect are U.S. citizens while the administration’s appeal proceeds.Key Facts
- The case is California Nurses Association v. Mullin, brought by nursing organizations, Voto Latino Foundation, Santa Clara County, and San Francisco against federal agencies and officials.
- A district judge issued the preliminary injunction on October 21.
- The injunction covers California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin.
- A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel rejected the administration’s request to pause the injunction, finding it had not shown the irreparable harm needed for a stay.
- On October 30, a majority of the court’s nonrecused active judges declined to rehear the panel decision en banc.
- Seven judges dissented, arguing that the lower court had improperly limited the executive branch’s authority to investigate suspected illegal voting.
- The plaintiffs said their U.S.-citizen members feared being wrongly investigated or detained and had reduced election-related activities.
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