Judge Bars DOJ Threats to Election Workers

Biden appointee Judge Trina Thompson has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Justice and Homeland Security departments from threatening election workers with charges over ballots tied to suspected noncitizens. NBC News says it holds through Nov. 16. It also rules out demanding that voters be removed, refused, or set aside on those grounds alone. The SEIU and NAACP, among other unions and civil rights groups, brought the suit. Same week, the Ninth Circuit turned down a Justice Department bid to throw out about 20,000 mail ballots in California. Back home, a temporary fence is the one everybody forgets about until the cattle are in the road. The trouble is a temporary order has a date on it, and the file doesn't say what comes after Nov. 16. In Washington that usually means the lawyers are already reheating the coffee.