{"id":3741,"date":"2026-06-24T19:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:04:53","slug":"appeals-court-deals-biggest-setback-yet-to-trump-dojs-demands-for-confidential-voter-roll-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3741","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court deals biggest setback yet to Trump DOJ\u2019s demands for confidential voter roll data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected demands by the Justice Department that Michigan turn over non-public information in their voter registration files, in the biggest setback yet to the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to obtain and audit unredacted voter rolls from states across the country.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3740\">House Democrats\u2019 anxiety rises after wins by Mamdani-backed candidates: \u2018Are we going to let them take over the party?\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that Michigan was not obligated to produce the confidential voter data \u2013 which could include social security numbers and driver\u2019s license ID numbers \u2013 to the department.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Nine judges at the district court level have ruled against the administration\u2019s efforts. This is the first time an appeals court has weighed in, potentially setting up the stage for a Supreme Court showdown on the issue.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Writing for the appellate panel majority, Circuit Judge Andre Mathis said the 1960 civil rights law Justice Department was relying on in its lawsuit seeking to force the production of the data did not cover Michigan\u2019s aggregated voter file.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3736\">Lawyers for Rep. LaMonica McIver force judges to weigh the limits of congressional immunity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cBack then, the government used this power to ensure that everyone who had the right to vote could freely exercise that right,\u201d Mathis wrote. \u201cBut today, the government invokes Title III for an inverse purpose\u2014to ensure that some people have not voted.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Justice Department has sued 30 states that have refused to produce their unredacted voter rolls.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=3732\">The most controversial fossil site in human evolution just got even more puzzling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>This story is breaking and will be updated.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected demands by the Justice Department that Michigan turn over non-public information in their voter registration files, in the biggest setback yet to the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to obtain and audit unredacted voter rolls from states across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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