Californians’ right to vote stands re-affirmed.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s push to force California to set aside thousands of ballots from people the federal government claims are “noncitizens,” a decision that came hours before the final day of voting in the pivotal midterm elections.

The high court refused to immediately intervene in a case involving 20,000 people the Republican administration flagged as “likely noncitizens” on the largely Democratic state’s voter rolls.

The swift rejection capped a string of losses for the president’s effort to intervene in the election before the counting of ballots to decide who controls Congress in the last two years of his second term. No justices publicly dissented.

“The Court rejected Trump’s emergency request without even asking the other side to respond,” [posted] California Gov. Gavin Newsom... “Democracy won.”



Several lower courts also rejected the Justice Department’s push to set aside the challenged California ballots until the voters’ citizenship status could be verified.

And in a case that revolved around the future certification of Alaska’s election results, a judge did not even hold a hearing before dismissing a Trump-ordered suit to prevent a possible Democratic Senate win.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta... noted the administration’s legal losing streak in a statement. “Courts have now rejected the Trump Administration’s attempts to interfere in California’s elections not once, not twice, not three times, but four times.... This latest decision should put an end to the Administration’s attempt to disrupt California’s elections through emergency court orders.”

The Republican administration has prioritized identifying noncitizen voters this year, despite it being a rare problem. California officials said the administration’s list appeared to be filled with errors and said setting the ballots aside could effectively disenfranchise legal voters.

Also on Monday in Washington, another federal judge ruled against the administration’s efforts to make last-minute demands of California election officials, finding they violated the U.S. Constitution.

“The Executive Branch has likely violated the Constitution’s Elections Clause, which commits authority over election rules to the states and Congress alone,” Chief Judge James Boasberg wrote.

https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elect...a3dba4d2f3

Illegal votes in California…

The Trump Administration has a tough time thinking up ideas that are actually legal.

Notice?