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Court thwarts Trump election meddling scheme by nixing Michigan voter rolls demand
The Vote Grab Was Never About VotesPower, Not ProcedureThe Sixth Circuit just did what the political press keeps failing to say plainly: the Trump administration has been trying to expand presidential control over elections that the Constitution assigns to Congress and the states. The immediate fight was over Michigan’s voter file, but the real object was power. The Department of Justice demanded private voter data from more than 40 states and Washington, D.C., and when most refused, it sued 30 of them. That is not neutral administration. That is a federal campaign to seize leverage over who…
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