Federal Court Overturns Trump Admin Ballot Win

The Ninth Circuit handed the Trump administration a win on Monday, lifting limits on its push to get states to set aside ballots it alleges came from noncitizens. Hours later the full court vacated that ruling and sent the case to an expanded 11-judge panel, which in Ninth Circuit terms is a rewind button with a robe on. The Justice Department had sent letters to election officials in California and Washington asking them to set aside certain ballots, and warned that knowingly counting them could bring criminal penalties. Our friends on the left will call that intimidation. I call it homework, and election officials should read the whole assignment. A federal judge had already barred further requests or threats in the case. Eleven judges now get a second look, and I'll take the voters' side of that bet over the Beltway geniuses who said it was over before lunch.