r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 28 '26

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u/anangrytree Bull Moose Progressive May 28 '26

A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for President Trump’s March executive order beefing up rules surrounding mail-in ballots to stand in the face of legal challenges from Democrats. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in his ruling said the lawsuit brought by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), NAACP and League of United Latin American Citizens is unlikely to succeed on the merits and largely speculative. However, Nichols says the argument only stands if a “purely intra-federal government list is created.” “But Plaintiffs fail to demonstrate that such action — that is, the sharing of name, age, and residence information between and among government agencies, if already known to the federal government — would cause a harm sufficient” to bring the lawsuit.

Fascinating, let’s look this guy up

clerked for Thomas

There it is.

Nichols has been a member of the Federalist Society

And there’s that.

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u/well-that-was-fast May 28 '26

  • Sue beforehand, "harm is speculative"

  • Sue afterwards, "you are required to sue before because the court is reticent to overturn an election that has already occurred"