Judicial Watch: Federal Courts in California and Illinois Advance Lawsuits to Clean Up Dirty Voter Roll

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Aug 5, 2025

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Judicial Watch: Federal Courts in California and Illinois Advance Lawsuits to Clean Up Dirty Voter Rolls

Judicial Watch announced that federal courts in California and Illinois separately ruled this week that Judicial Watch lawsuits may proceed against those states to force them to clean up their voter rolls. Judicial Watch lawsuits alleged that both California and Illinois violated the National Voter Registration Act, which requires states to “conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove” from the official voter rolls “the names of ineligible voters” who have died or changed residence.

Judicial Watch: Justice Department Pays $10,000 To Settle Judicial Watch Biden Audio Tapes Lawsuit

Judicial Watch announced that it and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement in which the government agreed to pay $10,000 for attorneys’ fees and other costs associated with Judicial Watch’s successful lawsuit that forced release of the audio tapes of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:24 CV-700-TJK)).

Judicial Watch: ‘China is Happy’: Emails Reveal Biden DHS and FBI Investigations of Tim Walz and Communist China

“These documents uncovered by Judicial Watch show that the Biden administration covered up intelligence concerns about Tim Walz’s connections to China. This is a major scandal,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Judicial Watch Sues State Dept for Records on Sen. Van Hollen’s Visit to Deported Illegal Alien in El Salvador

Judicial Watch announced it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. State Department for all records regarding Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s (D-MD) April visit to El Salvador, where he met with deported illegal alien and accused MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:25-cv-02273)).

Watchdog eyes Sedona’s ALPR cameras

Red Rocks News

Concerns about the city of Sedona’s installation of 12 automatic license plate readers throughout the city has caught the attention of Judicial Watch, a nationwide conservative nonpartisan nonprofit that files Freedom of Information Act and public records lawsuits to investigate claims of misconduct by governments and officials.

Judicial Watch Southwest Projects Coordinator Mark Spencer said his organization was independently contacted by numerous Sedona residents after the NEWS published the article “Sedona to residents: We’re tracking you” and the editorial “City of Sedona’s spy cameras are a threat to our privacy and rights” on June 20.

Watchdog Sues State Department to Force Release of Docs on Van Hollen El Salvador Junket to Aid MS-13er

The Washington Stand

Judicial Watch is asking a federal court to order the U.S. Department of State to turn over all official documents concerning Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (Md.) recent trip to El Salvador to aid deported illegal immigrant and accused MS-13 gang member and human trafficker Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the nonprofit government watchdog told the court that on April 22, 2025, it filed a request with the State Department for “any and all records concerning, regarding, or relating to the April 2025 visit to El Salvador by Senator Chris Van Hollen. This request includes, but is not limited to, all related agendas, briefing materials, and records of communications.”

Hate U: Mamdani at Bowdoin College

Washington Times

The heat keeps growing on New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for his refusal to condemn the slogan “Globalize the Intifada,” but his position is nothing new. For more than a decade, Mr. Mamdani has been attacking the Jewish state.

His college journalism, obtained by Judicial Watch, reveals a record of revolutionary fervor, anti-Israel and anti-White.

In 2014, as a senior at Bowdoin College, Mr. Mamdani wrote in his college newspaper, The Bowdoin Orient, that “the struggle for rights is global,” and he condemned the “Israeli colonial occupation of Palestine.”