PoliticsU.S. District Judge David O. Carter on Wednesday denied the Justice Department's emergency request to make California and Los Angeles County set aside mail ballots from about 20,000 people federal agencies flagged as likely noncitizens. He called the list's methods unproven and said the order would 'wreak havoc' on an election already underway. DOJ filed a new appeal to the Ninth Circuit that night. The same day, a grand jury indicted three Los Angeles County residents on charges that they lied about past voter registrations on citizenship forms.
PoliticsA 2-1 appeals panel ruled Monday that it had no jurisdiction over the Justice Department's emergency bid to make California set aside about 20,000 mail ballots flagged as possible noncitizens. The panel said DOJ hadn't given the trial judge enough time to rule. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter scheduled a hearing for Tuesday afternoon and has said he will rule promptly.
PoliticsA 2-1 panel upheld a district court order against the June 2025 deployment of 4,000 California Guard members, holding that neither the 'regular forces' nor the 'rebellion' provision of the federal statute applied. Judge Mark Bennett dissented, saying the court should not have decided the appeal at all. The Guard has been back under state control since the end of 2025.
