A legal expert made a damning prediction for the Department of Justice amid a losing crusade to access state records.
In a recent video posted by Democracy Docket, elections lawyer Marc Elias explained that the DOJ is 0-20 in its effort to sue for access to states’ voter rolls. He predicted that the DOJ will be stifled in its attempt to gain sweeping access to voters’ private data, including Social Security and driver’s license numbers.
“I’ve seen enough,” Elias said. “DOJ is getting humiliated. Ask yourself: when was the last time you ever heard that the Department of Justice lost 20 cases in a row in 20 different courts when 12 of the courts were with judges appointed by Republicans, and eight were appointed by Donald Trump?”
Elias bluntly predicted, “They aren’t getting the data” they’re seeking, even as the DOJ appeals its losses and has 10 more cases in which a judge could rule in its favor.
“Is it possible that in one of those 10 remaining cases a judge goes the other way? I suppose anything’s possible. It’s more likely that some of the judges may just not rule while these cases are up on appeal,” Elias said. “But right now, I don’t see a single one of these cases in which the Trump administration is likely to win.”
Trump wants the states’ voter roll data to create a national voter database, Elias explained. “Donald Trump wants to create this national voter database,” and as a result, the DOJ is “desperately suing to get this information” and “trying to expedite appeals,” Elias said.
However, “They’ve lost in the Sixth Circuit” Court of Appeals, while 16 cases are actively in other appeals courts. No decision has come down in the Trump DOJ’s favor from those appeals courts, though, Elias noted.
“None of these cases have progressed to the U.S. Supreme Court,” he added. “There are now more than 270 electoral votes covered by the states that have fought back and won…It kind of makes me smile.”
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