RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/117531934897745251
About an hour ago, the judge in this suit granted plaintiffs’ motion for a TRO to prevent the Trump DOJ from continuing to threaten poll workers and election administrators with unfounded criminal prosecution. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.482447/gov.uscourts.cand.482447.26.0.pdf #LawFedi 1/
In this thread, I’m going to use a lawsuit filed yesterday on behalf of California election workers to illustrate how coordinated the Trump regime’s onslaught is and how the pro-democracy bar is well-aware of that.
I note at the outset that this is not normal. We cannot have free and fair elections in the United States if lawyers must work round the clock to safeguard elections from the federal government to close ballot access and disrupt the counting of millions of Americans’ votes. 2/
Note how comprehensive the TRO is. It itemizes every aspect of the Trump DoJ’s scheme to threaten poll workers and election administrators, and forbids each one.
Courts are wise to the Trump regime’s lawlessness and bad faith. The judge is being super clear about what is prohibited. 2/