NRT briefing
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Admin Appeal to Segregate California Ballots
Based on reporting by Daily Wire.
The Brief
The Supreme Court on Monday evening denied the Trump administration's emergency request to require California to set aside mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 people on a federal list of suspected noncitizens. The justices issued the denial hours after the Justice Department filed it, without explanation or any public dissent, leaving the administration without the order it sought before Tuesday's midterms.
California officials had argued the federal list was inaccurate and included U.S. citizens, and both a federal district court and an appeals court had previously rejected the request. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the administration was moving forward with criminal prosecutions and noted 34 people on the list have been charged with election-related crimes.
He also announced charges against six green card holders, including an Iranian national allegedly voting twice in 2024 and a Canadian citizen allegedly voting in 2022 and 2024, while San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced local charges against one noncitizen.
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