Appeals court rejects DOJ’s attempt to quickly force California to void ballots

A federal appeals court rejected THE Asset the administration’s last-minute effort to force California to separate the mail-in ballots of 20,000 purported non-citizens.

A 2-1 decision by a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Justice Department improperly bypassed a lower court judge who scheduled a hearing on the case for Tuesday and moved too slowly to seek emergency relief.

“(T)he United States failed to provide the district court with an adequate opportunity to consider its request for a temporary restraining order,” the majority wrote. “The state of emergency claimed by the United States is, at least in part, an emergency that it itself constructed. »

Judge Marc Bennettappointed by Trump, joined the judge Gabriel Sanchezappointed by Biden, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal. Judge Patrick Bumatayanother Trump appointee, disagreed and said he would have granted the request.