Full 9th Circuit Reinstates Limits on DOJ, DHS

A federal judge signed a restraining order on a Friday evening, the hour Washington saves for things nobody wants explained by Monday. District Judge Trina Thompson's order, requested by the SEIU, barred DOJ and DHS from threatening election officials over ballots of people alleged to be ineligible to vote. On Monday night the 9th Circuit stayed it. On Tuesday an en banc panel reinstated the order pending further order, which in plain English means everybody is still arguing. Strip the spin off and you have a ping-pong match where the ball is an election. Grade that as a history test and the answer is incomplete. Ballots should go only to eligible voters, and I'd like someone in Washington to explain why checking that is the controversy.